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Presbyterian  Church  in  the 

C.S.A.  General  Assembly. 
Minutes  of  the  General 

Assembly  of  the 


GENERAL    ASSEMBLY 


OF   THE 


PRESBYTEEIAI     CHDROH 


IX    THE 


UNITED    STATES: 


^]Nr    A.PPE]^^]3IX 


Vol.   I. 


A.  D.  1865. 


AUGUSTA,  GA. : 

FEINTED   AT   THE   CONSTITUTIONALIST   JOB    OFFICE. 
1865. 


mSTITUTIONS  AND  OFFICERS 


OF    THE 


fresbntfriaii    €^ml}  in    tlic    IhM    States. 


CLERKS  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

Rev.  Joseph  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Siafecl  Clerk,  Augusta   Ga 
ivev.  ^\M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  Permanent  Clerk,  Richmond,' Va. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  OF  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS. 
Rev.  J.  Leighton  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
±lev.  n-ot.  James  Woodrow,   Treasurer.  CoInml);n  .^  n 


'•easurer.  Columbia,  S.  C. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

Rev.  J.  Leighton  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
Jrtev.  irot.  James  Woodrow,  Treasurer,  Columbia,  S.  C. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  OF  PUBLICATION. 

Sr""'  5-  ^^OMPSON  Bxmji,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  Richmond,  V 
Hm.  i^.  Taylor,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  Richmond,  Va. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  ON  EDUCATION. 

w"^"  S-  Thompson  Baird,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  Richmond,  Va. 
V\  M.  i^ .  Taylor,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  Richmond,  Va. 


TREASURER  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 
Jesse  A.  Ansley,  Esq,  Augusta,  Ga. 


MINUTES. 


BIacox,   Ga.,  December  14,   1865; 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  (late) 
Confederate  States  of  America,  (liaving  been  prevented  by  the  con- 
dition of  the  cnuntrj'  from  convening  in  May  last,  according  to  ap- 
pointment,) met,  in  pursuance  of  the  call  of  its  Moderator,  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Macon,  Ga.,  on  Thursday,  the  14th  day  of 
December,  1865,  and  was  opened  with  a  sermon  by  the  Rev.  John 
S.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Moderator  of  the  last  Assembly,  on  the  text, 
Joshua  13,  1;  "There  rcmaineth  yet  very  much  land  to  be  pos- 
sessed." 

After  the  sermon,  he  proceeded  to  constitute  the  sessions  with 
prayer. 

The  Permanent  Clerk,  from  the  Committee  on  Commissions,  re- 
ported that  the  following  Commissioners  had  appeared  and  been 
regularly  enrolled,  viz  : 


I.    SYNOD  OF  ALABAMA. 


rr.ESBYTERIES, 

East  Alabama, 

Soiclh  Alabama, 
Tuscaloosa, 


Arkansas, 
Creek  Nation, 
Indian, 
Ouachita, 


Cherokee, 
Flint  River, 
Florida, 
Georgia, 
Hojoeioell, 


Chickasau', 

Memphis, 

North  Mississippi, 

Western  District, 

Tuscumhia, 


MINISTERS. 

R.  Nail,  D.  D. 
James  K.  Hazen, 


RULING    ELDERS. 

N.  S.  Graham, 


C.  A.  Stillinan,  D.  D., 


B.  H.  Craig,   (2) 


II.     SYNOD  OF  ARKANSAS. 

Sam'l  AY.  Davies,  (4)     Thos.  D.  Chunu,  (4) 


III.    SYNOD  OF  GEORGIA. 

E.  P.  Palmer,  W.  L.  Whitman, 

J.  C.  Patterson,  D. D,     Ileury  H.  Jones, 
A.  W.  Clisby, 


David  Wills, 


W.  L.  Mitchell, 


IV.     SYNOD  OF   MEMPHIS. 


0.  F,  Rogers, 
Philip  II.  Thompson, 
A  H.  Caldwell,  (2) 
J.  H.  Gillespie. 
W.  H.  Mitchell,  D.  D., 


348 


jminutes  of  the 


[A.  D. 


V.    SYNOD  OF  MISSISSIPPI. 

Central  Mississippi,  E.  T.  Baiid,  D.  D., 
East  Mississipjn,        Kobert  Bell, 


Louisiana, 
3Iiss'issippi, 
Neiv  Orleans, 
Red  River, 

Tomheckbee, 


A.  McCallum. 
P.  Calhoun, 


A.  Balrer,       • 
Henry  T.  Bartlett, 


VI. 


E.  S.  Gladney,  (4)  K.  A.  Minnis,  (4^ 
SYNOD  OF  NASHVILLE. 

Geo.  A.  Caldwell, 
James  Park, 

F.  A.  Boss,  D.  D., 


Holsto7i, 
Knoxville, 
North  Alabama, 
Nasliville, 

VII.     SYNOD  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

J.  L.  Kirkpatrick,  D.D.,    Daniel  H.Hill,  (4) 
B.  L.  Beall, 

James  McQueen,  A.  J.  McQueen, 

J.  M.  Sherwood, 

II.  G.  Hill,  Charles  Phillips, 

Jesse  H.  Lindsay, 

Vni.     SYNOD  OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


Concord, 

Fayettcville, 

Orange, 


Bethd, 
Charleston, 

Harmony, 

South  Carolina, 


Brazos, 

Central  Texas, 
Eastern  Texas, 
Western  Texas, 


East  Hanover, 

Greenbrier, 
Lexington, 

Montgomery, 

Roanoke, 
West  Hanover, 
Wi/ichester, 


Geo.  Howe,  D.  D., 

Thos.  Smvthe,  D.D,(3)  , 

J.  L.  Wilson,  D.  D  ,  W.  L.  T.  Prince,  (3) 

Donald  McQueen. 

S.  S.  Gaillard,      '  A.  Walker, 

J.  R,  Riley, 

IX.     SYNOD  OF  TEXAS. 

Sam'l  A.  King,  (3) 


X.    SYNOD  OF  VIRGINIA. 

Wm.  Brown.  D  D.,         James  Miller, 


John  Miller,  (3) 
J.  C.  Brown, 
R.  C.  Walker, 
F.  11.  Bowman, 
L.  II.  Blanton, 
T.  W.  Hooper, 
J.  D.  Mitchell,  D.  D., 
Richard  Mcllwaine, 
Robert  T.  Berry, 


R.  F.  Lester,  (3) 
J.  T.  L.  Preston, (3) 
A,  G.  Matthews, 


1865.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  349 

The  Assembly  then  prcceecled  to  the  election  of  officers,  which 
resulted  in  the  choice  of  the  Rev.  Geo.  Howe,  D.  D.,  a  Commissioner 
ffom  the  Presbytery  of  Charleston,  as  Moderator,  and  of  the  Rev. 
H.  G.  Hill,  a  Commissioner  from  the  Presbytery  of  Orange,  as 
Temporary  Clerk. 

E  T.  Baird,  D.  D.,  Jacob  D.  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  J.  L.  Kirkpatrick, 
D.  D.*  and  Prof.  Charles  Phillips,  were  appointed  a  committee  on 
elections,  to  whom  were  referred  the  cases  of  persons  present 
without  commission  or  with  defective  commissions. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Jno.  N.  Waddell,  through  the  retiring  Moderator, 
offered  his  resignation  as  Stated  Clerk  ;  which,  on  motion  of  Dr, 
Brown,  was  accepted,  and  the  thanks  of  the  Assembh'  accorded  to 
him  for  his  faithful  services  as  an  officer  of  this  body. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Nail,  it  was  made  the  first  order  of  the  day  for 
to-morrow  morning  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  Dr.  Waddell's  suc- 
cessor. 

The  following-  resolutions  were  presented  b}^  the  Rev.  Dr.  Brown, 
and  unanimously  adopted  ;  and  the  Moderat;,i  requested  to  appoint 
the  committee  contemplated  therein,  at  his  ^  ouvenience  : 

Resolved,  1.  That  it  is  proper  that  a  Pastoral  Letter  shall  be  ad- 
dressed by  this  General  Assembly  to  the  several  churches  under 
their  care,  that  they  may  be  the  more  fully  re-assured  concerning 
various  points  of  great  importance  connected  with  our  position, 
and  be  counselled  in  faithful  love,  concerning  the  solemn  obliga- 
tions  resting  upon  them. 

2.  That,  for  this  purpose,  a  committee,  consisting  of  one  member 
from  each  Synod  shall  be  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  pre- 
pare the  Letter,  and  make  report  as  soon  as  practicable. 

On  motioa  of  Dr.  J.  L.  AVilson,  it  was  made  the  order  of  the  day   ■ 
for  to-morr|nv  morning  at  11  o'clock   to  hear  the  reports   of  the 
several  executive  committees. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  D.  Wills,  the  Assembly  resolved  to  meet 
every  day  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.,  to  adjourn  at  2  P.  M. ;  and  to  spend 
the  first  half  hour  of  each  session  in  devotional  exercises. 

The  following  communication  was  then  read,  and  accepted  as  the 
report  of  the  ccmmittee  on  the  revision  of  the  form  of  govern- 
ment, &c.  : 

The  imdersigned,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  tlie  Form 
of  Government,  Book  of  Discipline,  Directory  for  Worshij)  and  General  Eules 
for  Judicatories,  would  respectfully  represent  to  tbe  General  Assembly  that 
the  state  of  the  country  Las  rendered  it  impossible  for  the  committee  to  come 
together  since  the  date  of  the  Assembly's  last  meeiog,  nineteen  months  ago, 
at  Charlotte,  X.  C. 

The  committee  then  reported  that  they  had  carefully  rev'sed  tbe  general 
rules  of  order  with  JefTt-rson's  manual  and  some  other  authorities  in  their 
hands,  adding  a  few  rules  to  tbe  previous  collection  ;  and  that  they  had  alpo 
classified  those  rults  under  distinct  heads,  so  that  any  rule  desired  might  be 
founcl  at  a  glance.  They  had  also  made  some  few  alterations  in  the  Book  of 
Discipline  a3  it  came  to  us  from  the  hands  of  the  former  chairman,  our  be- 
loved and  honored  Brother  Thornwell :  the  chief  of  these  being 


350  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D, 

1st.  The  introduction  of  a  chapter  on  the  Di-cipline  of  the  Church  as  it  is 
to  be  administered  in  regard  to  her  baptized,  non-coramunicatiDg  members; 
and 

2d.  The  more  full  and  complete  statement  of  the  Doctrine  of  Censnre  in 
its  various  forms  of  Admonition,  Suspension,  Excommunication  and  Deposi- 
tion. 

The  committee  still  further  reported  that  they  had  made  a  beginning  in 
tlie  revision  of  the  Form  of  Government,  and  had  been  much  impressed 
with  the  desirableness  of  a  more  scientific  statement  of  the  Scripture  doctrine 
of  Church  Government  than  is  fonud  in  our  present  form.  The  boob  is  not 
fully  abreast  of  the  doctrine  as  actually  developed  amongst  u?.  For  example, 
it  contains  no  full  statement  of  the  radical  principles  of  the  system.  Kor  is 
there  any  adequate  presentation  of  our  doctrine  of  the  Court?,  or  of  the  duties 
of  the  different  office-bearers.  Again,  the  Evangelist  appears  nowhere 
except  in  a  clause  appended  to  the  chapter  on  ordination  and  the  general 
references  of  the  chapter  on  Missions.  Finally,  the  method  jirescrib  d  for 
ordainins:  Elders  and  Deacons  without  imposition  of  hands,  is  clearly  un- 
scriptural,  and  calls  loudly  for  amendment  in  that  particular. 

This  recapitu'atiou  is  made  to  let  the  Assembly  understand  precisely  the 
present  condition  of  the  work. 

The  Assembly  at  Charlotte  instruct<'d  U9  to  complete  our  work  and  furnish 

copies  for  distribution  amongst  Ministers  and  Elders  as  the  best  way  of 

reporting  our  work  so  that  it  may  be  examined  with  care.  The  undersigned 
Avould  state  that  it  was  found  impossible  to  obey  these  last  injunctions  for  the 
want  of  funds.  With  a  view  to  carry  through  without  expense  the  instruc- 
tions of  the  Assembly  in  their  spirit,  however,  he  propose.',  as  soon  as  the 
mails  are  generally re-establishel  throughout  our  country,  to  ijrocure  the 
publication  of  the  Rules  of  Order  and  of  the  Book  of  Discipline  in  successive 
portions  in  our  several  church  papers. 

With  reference  to  the  Form  of  Government,  it  is  to  be  feared  that  we 
shall  hardlj^  be  able  to  get  the  committee  together  before  next  summer. 
But  an  unavoidable  delay  in  the  completion  of  this  part  of  our  work  will  be 
of  the  less  con.sequence,  if  by  publifhiug  the  Rules  and  Book  of  Discipline 
this  winter  we  can  succeed  in  so  introducing  them  to  the  notice  of  the  Church 
as  that  the  Assembly  next  spring  can  begin  to  act  upon  those  papers. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

JNO.   B.   ADGEK, 
Chairman  of  Committee. 

The  following  letter  was  received  through  the  Moderator;  and 
on  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson,  the  committee  named  therein 
was  discharged,  and  the  papers  referred  to  were  ordered  to  be  re- 
turned to  their  respective  authors  : 

UxiOK  Theo.  Seminary,  Ya.,  Dec.  4th,  18G5. 

Rev.  and  Dear  Brother  :  I  beg  leave  to  return  to  the  Gen^-ral  Assem- 
bly, through  you,  the  papers  of  the  committee,  revised  by  that  body  at 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  in  May,  1864,  touching  the  relations  of  the  Church  to  our 
slave  population.  A  previous  committee,  of  which  Dr.  Lyon,  of  Mississippi, 
was  Chairman,  had  prepared  a  report,  and  this  was  sul)mitted,  with  farther 
instructions,  to  a  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Dabney,  Mclnnis,  Kirk- 
patrick,  Mitchell  and  Bartlett,  to  report  in  May,  1865. 

The  same  public  calamiticn  which  prevented  the  meethig  of  t'-e  Assembly, 
has  prevented  action  by  this  committee.  I  have  not  assembled  tVem  s'nce, 
because  the  almost  impossibility  of  travelling  made  it  unreisonable,  and  the 


1S65.]  GENEEAL  ASSEMBLY.  351 

violent  revolution  wlucb  has  since  occurred,  makes  the  relations  of  the 
Africans  to  us  so  different'^  rom  the  former.  As  the  subject  is  now  totally 
new,  I  have  judged  it  best  to  remit  it  into  the  hands  of  the  As?embly,  in 
order  that  they  may  be  unobstructed  in  the  power  of  forming  a  new  Commit- 
tee and  of  iss;ing  new  instructions,  should  they  sec  proper. 

Prayiu":  that  your  counsels  may  be  guided  by  the  spirit  of  God,  I  would 
humbly  subscribe  myself, 

Your  brother  in  the  Gospel, 

K.  L.  DABNEY. 
To  the  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly,  Macon,  Ga. 

The  committee  on  Elections  reported  as  follows,  and  their  report 
was  adopted  : 

The  committee  on  elections  report  that  ihey  have  sufficient  evidence  that 
the  Presbytery  of  Maury  has  been  merged  in  the  Pre-bytery  of  North  Ala- 
bama, according  to  the  terms  of  union  with  the  United  Synod  ;  and  that  the 
Piev.  F.  A.  Ross,  D.  D.  is  present  with  a  commission  from  the  said  Presby- 
tery.    The  Committee  reccom  send  that  Dr.  Ro=s  be  accordingly  enrolled. 

The  committee  further  report  that  the  Rev.  James  Park,  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Knoxville,  is  here  without  a  commission  ;  but,  for  satisfactory  reasons 
arising  out  of  the  jDecuIior  circumstances  of  the  case,  they  recommend  that  he 
be  admitted  to  a  seat. 

On  motion  the  Assembly  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning'  at 
9  o'clock.     Closed  with  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ross. 


Friday  Morxing,  9  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  met  and  spent  the  first  half  hour  in  devotional 
exercises,  according*  to  appointment. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  A.  H.  Caldwell,  from  the  Presbj'tery  of  North  Missis- 
sippi, and  Mr.  B.  H.  Craig,  Ruling  Elder  from  the  Presbytery  of 
South  Alabama,  (having  mislaid  or  lost  their  commissions,  and  it 
appearing  that  they  had  been  regularly  chosen  by  their  respective 
Presbyteries,)  were  recommended  to  seats  in  this  body  by  the  com- 
mittee on  elections  ;  when,  on  motion,  they  were  enrolled  as  addi- 
tional commissioners. 

The  Moderator  announced  the  appointment  of  the  following 
standing  committees  : 

Oa  Bills  and  Overtures. — Ministers,  E.  T.  Raird,  D.  D.,  J.  D. 
Mitchell,  D,  D.,  E.  P.  Palmer,  Richard  Mcllwaine,  Jas.  K.  Hazeu. 
Ruling  Elders,  Charles  Phillips.  H.  T.  Bartktt. 

Judicial  Committee. — Ministers,  R.  Nail,  D.  D.,  R.  C.  Walker, 
James  McQueen.     Ruling  Elders,  A .  Walker,  Jas.  Miller- 

On  Theological  Seminaries. — Ministers,  C.  A.  Stillman,  D.  D.,  L. 
H.  Blantou,  J.  R.  Riley,  Philip  H.  Thompson,DonaldMcQueen, 
Ruling  Elders,  W.  L.  Mitchell,  A.  G.  Matthew^s. 

On  Domestic  Missions. — Ministers,  J.  L.  Kirkpatrick,  D.  D„  F.  A. 


352  AtlXrTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

Ross,  D.  D.,  A.  W.  Clisby.  J.  H.  Gillespie,  T.  W.  Hooper.    Eulitg 
Elders,  Jesse  H.  Lindsay,  N.  S.  Graham. 

On  Foreign  Missions. — JJinisters,  Robert  T.  Berry.  F.  H.  Bow- 
maH;  George  A  CaldwelL  Ruling  Elders,.  A.  J.  3IcQaeen,  H.  H. 
J  :ne3. 

On  Pitkiication. — Ministers,  J.  L.  "Wilson,  D.  D.,   Wm.  Bnnrn, 
D.  D.,  0.  F.  Rogers.    RnUng  Elders,  W.  L.  Whitman,  A.  Baker. 
On  Education, — ^Ministers,  J.  M.  Sherwood,   B.  L.  Beall,  S-    S. 
Gaillard.     Ruling  Elders,  Charles  Phillips,  James  Miller. 

On  the  yarrative. — Ministers.  Wm.  H.  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  Robert 
Bell.     Ruling  Elder,  H.  T-  Bartlett. 

On  Foreign  Correspondence. — Ministers,  J.  D.  Mitchell,  D.  D., 
A  McCallum,  P.  Calhoun.    Ruling  Elders,  A.  Baker.  A.  Walker. 

On  Leave  (^  Absence. — 31  inisters,  Donald  3IcQueen,  James  K. 
Hazen.    Ruling  Elder,  H.  H.  Jones 

On  Systematic  Benevolence. — Ministers,  J.  C.  Patterson,  D.  I>  . 
J.  C.  Brown,  James  Park. 

On  Detvtianal  Exercises. — 3Iinisters,  David  Wills,  J.  R.  Eiley, 
Ruling  Elder,  Jesse  H.  Lindsay. 

On  Records  cf  Synod  <^  Arkansas. — Ministers,  James  McQueen, 
L.  H.  Blanton.    Ruling  Elder,  X.  S.  Graham. 

On  Records  *if  Synod  of  Georgia. — ^Ministers,  Richard  Mcllwaine, 
Philip  H,  Thompson.     Ruling  Elder,  A.  J.  McQueen. 

On  Records  cf  Synod  of  Memphis. — ^ilinisters.  R.  C.  Walker, 
R  A«rt  H.  Berry.     Ruling  Elder,  H.  H.  Jones. 

On  Records  rf  Synod  of  y&ississippi. — Ministers,  S.  S.  Gaillard, 
T.  W.  Hooper.    Ruling  Elder,  W.  L.  WTiitman. 

On  Records  of  Synod  cf  Nashvilie, — ^Ministers,  Donald  McQueen, 
F.  H.  Bowman.     Ruling  Elder,  Cha^.  Phillips. 

On  Records  of  Synod  cf  JSarOt,  Carolina. — ^linisters,  A.  TT. 
Clisby,  George  A.  Caldwell.    Ruling  Elder,  James  Miller. 

On  Records  of  Swiod  of  South  Card  :.. — Miuisters,  David 
Wills,  0.  F.  Rogers.  "  Ruling  Elder,  A  G.  Ma:hew5. 

On  Records  of  Sy-iod  of  Texas. — 3Iin:sters,  Robert  Bell,  B.  L. 
BealL    Ruling  Elder,  Jesse  H.  Lindsay. 

On  Records  cf  Synod  of  Virginia. — 3IinL-ters,  Philip  H.  Thomp- 
son/J.  M.  Sherwood-     Ruling  Elder,  X.  S.  Graham. 

The  31oderator  also  annoanced  the  following  committee  to  pre- 
pare a  Pastoral  Letter  to  the  Chur»,iie8,  in  accordance  with  the  re- 
solutions of  yesterday  :  Rer.  William  Brown,  D.  D..  C.  A.  Stillman. 
D.  D.,  J.  H.  Gillespie,  F.  A  Rok,  D.  D.,  J.  L.  Kirkratrlck,  D.  D., 
J.  L.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  W.  L.  3Iitcbell,  and  Henry  T.  Bartlett, 

The  firet  order  of  the  day,  \a, :  the  election  of  a  Slated  Clerk  to 
fill  the  vacancy  occasionc-d  by  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  Dr 
Waddel.  having  been  taken  up,  the  Rev.  Joseph  R.  Wilson,  D.  D., 
was  unanimously  electcj^  to  this  office.  His  acceptance  of  the 
same  having  vacated  the  o&ce  of  Permanent  Clerk,  the  R^-v.  Wm. 
Brown,  D.  D.,  was  unanimously  elected  to  fill  said  vacancy. 


1865.]  GENEKxiL  ASSEMBLY.  •  353 

The  following"  letter  wJis  received  and  read  to  the  Assembly  ; 
when,  on  motion  of  Dr.  Wilson,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Rev.  R. 
Morrison  named  therein,  be  heard  on  the  floor  of  this  body  imme- 
diately subseqnent  to  tiie  presentation  of  the  reports  of  the  execu- 
tive committees  : 

"  Office  Board  of  Aid  for  Southern  Presbyterian  Pastors,  \ 
Louisville,  Ky.,  Dec.  12,  1865.  J 

To  the  Moderator  of  the  Gene-al  Assembly  of  the  Presbyt'. rian  Church,  in 
session  at  Macon.  Ga.  : 
Eev.  and  Dear  Sir — Our  Brother,  the  Uev.  R.  Morrison,  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Louisville,  bears  th's. letter,  and  the  letter  of  our  Boa'd  of  Aid  to 
your  General  Assembly.  He  is  authorized  to  explain  to  you  the  plans  and 
purposes  and  hopes  of  our  organization,  more  fully  than  they  can  be  trea'ed 
in  a  written  communication.  Be  pleased  to  receive  our  brother  for  the  sake 
of  h''s  own  high  worth  and  for  the  sake  of  the  mission  he  bears. 

Very  truly  and  rcspectful'y, 
Your  most  ob't  servant, 

JAMES  H.  HUBER, 

Sec'y  and  Trca.s." 

Reports  from  the  Faculty  of  Union  Theological  Seminary,  from 
the  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  at  Columbia,  from  the  chairman  of 
tlie  Board  of  trustees  of  the  latter  Seminary,  and  from  its  treasu- 
rer, were  read  to  the  Assembly  ;  whicli,  together  with  the  finan- 
cial statements  exhibiting  the  condition  of  the  funds  of  Columbia 
Seminary,  were  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee  on  Theological 
Seminaries. 

Various  overtures  on  the  Moderator's  table  were  referred  to  the 
standing   committee  on  Bills   and  Overtures. 

A  paper  from  members  of  the  Synod  of  Nashville,  after  being 
read  to  the  Assembly,  was,  on  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Mitchell,  re- 
ferred to  the  committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures. 

The  following  report  from  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
the  Revision  of  tlie  H3^'^nn  Book,  was  received  ;  and,  oa  motion  of 
Prof.  Phillips,  was  referred  to  the  standing  committee  on  Publi- 
cation : 

New  Orleans,  Dec.  6,  186.5. 

The  undersigned,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  the  Hymn 
Bo  :k,  beg-i  leave  respectfully  to  i-iibmit  the  fuUowingstitenieiit  to  the  Gener- 
al Assembly  : 

That  no  meeting  of  the  committer  has  been  held  since  t'  e  s'ssions  of  the 
Assembly  at  Charlotte,  in  1864.  The  extremely  agi'atfd  ^tate  of  the  coun- 
try after  ihat  period,  and  the  rapid  rushing  of  events  in  the  early  part  of 
the  present  yeir,  rendeied  it  impracticable  to  convene  the  committee,  widely 
scattered  a?  it  was  over  the  country:  and  the  failure  of  the  Assembly  to 
meet  last  Spring,  cut  off  tlie  last  h'jpe  of  bring' ug  it  together.  Since  that 
time  the  disorganization  of  the  country  ha^  been  so  entiie  a?  to  restrain  the 
intercourse  which  m'ght  have  been  held  by  correspondence.  The  work  of 
revision  stands  preci.'-ely  as  in  the  last  R/port  to  the  Assembly,  in  May,  18G4. 

It  must  also  be  mentioned  that  the  o.igiiial  revised  copy  of  the   Hymn 


35J:  MIXUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

Book,  pr-parecl  by  the  committee,  ■n-as  destroyed,  together  with  all  the  pri- 
vate paprrs,  books  and  household  effects  oi  the  under-igucd,  in  the  general 
conflagration  of  Cohimbia  in  Fib'y  Last.  This,  however,  is  a  loPs  easily  re- 
paired ;  as  it  will  cost  little  labor  to  ro-produce  the  wo;k  from  the  consecu- 
tive reports  of  committee,  as  published  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Assembly's 
Minutes. 

Having  had  no  conference  with  the  oth'-r  members  of  the  Committee,  the 
following  suggestion  is  made  with  diffidence  as  resting  upon  the  single  judg- 
ment of  the  writer.  As  the  A?sembly  desires  to  produce  a  Hymn  Book 
which  shall  not  soon  be  disi)laced  in  the  worship  of  our  churchps,  it  may  be 
well,  at  this  stage  of  the  revision,  to  commit  the  work  to  an  entirely  new  set 
of  men,  who  shall  bring  their  taste  and  judgment,  reviewing  the  work  of  your 
committee  and  completing  it — thus  securing  a  double  goa'aLtee  that  the 
book  when  published  will  meet  the  wishes  and  wants  of  the  who!e  Church. 
This  suggestion,  made  without  the  knowledge  of  his  colleagues,  springs  from 
no  desire  to  throw  the  labor  or  the  re'ponsibilit}-  of  this  important  work  upon 
others  :  but  from  a  simple  wish  to  add  every  possible  assurance  that  the  work, 
when  accomplished,  will  be  wo  thy  of  acceptance  by  the  Church — and  this 
assurance  will  at  least  be  doubled  if  the  work  passes  through  the  hands  of 
two  committees  ;  the  second  of  which  enjoying  the  fruits  of  criticism  by 
the  first.  Should  this  su'^-gestion  commend  itself  to  the  judgment  of  the 
Assembly,  I  would  strongly  urge  that  the  committee  be  a  local  one,  or  at 
least  not  so  widely  scattered  as  the  present  committee.  The  work  to  be  per- 
formed is  simply  executive — and  one  or  two  weeks,  solidly  devoted  to  the 
business  by  a  committee  that  can  easdy  be  convened,  will  finish  it  in  peason 
to  present  it  complete  for  adoptioii  by  the  Assembly  in  the  Spring.  Hymn 
Books  are  now  wanted  throughout  all  onr  churches,  which  yet  are  restrained 
from  the  purchase  by  the  expectatiou  of  the  revised  book  which  shall  super- 
sede those  now  in  use.  It  would  have  been  impossible  hitherto  to  have  pub- 
lished the  Hj^mn  Book,  even  if  it  had  been  ready  for  the  press — but,  as  all 
restriction  is  now  removed,  it  is  imj)ortant  to  meet  promptly  the  wants  and 
wishes  of  the  Church  in  this  particular. 

Very  respectfully, 

B.  M.  PALMER, 

Chairman. 

Narratives  trom  the  Presbyteries  of  Fayetteville  and  South  Ala- 
bamo,  and  a  r  eport  on  systematic  benevolence  from  tlie  Presb}'- 
tery  of  Fayetteville,  were  referred  to  the  committees  appropriate  to 
these  Gubjects. 

The  order  of  the  day  for  11  o'clock  was  announced,  when  the 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Executive  Comnuttees  of  Foreign  and  Do- 
mestic Missions  were  read  by  the  secretary,  the  llev.  Dr.  J 
Leighton  Wilson  :  and  respectively  referred  to  the  Standing  Coat- 
mittee  on  those  two  subjects.* 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  Brown,  from  the  Executive  Committees  of 
Publication  and  Education,  i)reseiited  the  Reports  of  these  Agencies, 
which  were  referred  to  the  Standing  Committees  on  Publication 
and  Education.* 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Morrison,  from  the  Board  of  Aid  for  Southern 
Presbyterian  Pastors,  located  at  Louisville,    Ky.,    was   now    intro- 

*yce  Appendix  for  thc-e  reporls. 


1805.]  GENEEAL  ASSEMBLY,  355 

duced  to  the  Adsembly,  and  presented  the  following  salutatoiy  letter 
in  explanation  of  the  ae^cncy  he  represents  : 

•'  Kentucky  Board  of  Aid   for    Southern    Pastors  :    To  the  General 

A?sembly  of  the  Pie^byterian  Cliurch,  Macon,  Ga.  : 

Brethren,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  "grace  be  to  yon,  and  peace  from  God  our 
Faiher,  and  from  our  Lord  Jtsus  Christ.  Blessed  be  God,  even  the  Father  of 
onr  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  tlio  Fatlier  of  ineredes,  and  the  God  of  all  cooifort  ; 
who  comforteth  lis  in  all  our  liibulation,  that  we  may  be  ablo  to  comfort 
them  which  are  in  trouble  by  the  comfort  wherewith  we  ourselves  are 
comforted." 

'rte?e  presents  are  to  tell  yon  that,  out  of  the  love  we  hear  for  you  in  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  from  the  belief  that  if  we  were  in  any  trouble,  j'ou 
would  try  to  comfort  us  ;  and  above  jiIl,  from  the  kno^vlcda^e  that  onr 
Master's  cause  demands  that  His  pastors  within  your  bounds  should  be. -peedi- 
ly  relieved  from  pressing  want,  freed  from  worldly  care  and  avocations,  to 
the  end  that  they  may  devote  their  Avhole  !a!~or  to  his  bjsiness,  your  brethren 
in  this  city  and  commonwealth  make  this  overture. 

In  forming  a  plan  Avhich  the  accompanying  documents  name,  to  thus 
build  up  the  Redeemer's  kingdom,  all  parties  in  our  Church  have  met  upon 
common  ground,  and  such  has  been  their  zeal  and  quick  response  to  this 
call,  that,  although  but  a  very  few  days  have  elapsed  since  it  was  made,  j-et 
already  the  funds  of  this  Board  amount  to  six  thousand  dollars,  and  the  Avork, 
it  can  be  said,  has  but  just  begun.  Let  the  hearts  of  the  brethren  of  your 
Assembly  be  joined  together  with  one  heart  in  this  work.  We  a«k  of 'yen 
that  you  will,  in  order  to  effect  a  prompt  and  efiicient  disbursement  of  the 
funds  entrusted  to  our  hands,  appoint  one  or  more  brethren,  as  may  seem 
good  to  you,  from  each  of  your  Presbyteries,  whose  duty  shall  )3e  to  corres- 
pond with  this  Board,  and  indicate  to  us  to  whom  our  offering  of  love  shall 
be  sent.  This  co-operation  on  your  part  will  be  of  great  importance  to  us, 
as  it  will  insure  a  speedy  and  careful  discharge  of  our  duty  in  this  atter  as 
stewards  of  the  Lord.  We  trust,  therefore,  that  you  will  not  deny  our  request, 
and  that  we  may  quickly  hear  from  you,  acquainting  us  with  the  names  of 
the  brethren  you  will  appoint  agreeably  thereto. 

Beloved  brethren,  hope  in  the  Lord,  and  remember  His  words  un'o  His 
.servants,  upon  which  he  has  caused  us  to  hope,  Avhertiu  He  saith  :  *•  The 
Lord  shall  comfort  Z:on.  He  will  comfort  all  her  waste  places  :  And  He 
will  make  her  wilderness  like  Eden,  and  her  desert  like  the  garden  of  the 
Lord  ;  joy  and  gladness  shall  be  fouud  therein.  Thanksgiving  1  and  the 
voice  of  melody." 

•'  Brethren,  pray  for  us.  Now  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again  from 
the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  Great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  ihiough  the 
blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant,  make  you  perfect  in  every  gnod  woik,  to 
do  His  will,  working  in  you  that  which  is  well  pleasing  in  His  sight,  through 
Jesus  Christ,  to  whom  be  glory  forever  and  ever.  Amen."  ■' Pe^icc  be  to 
the  brethren,  and  love  with  faith  from  God  the  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  Grace  be  with  all  them  that  love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity. 
Amen." 

Wri'tenfrora  Louisville,  Kentucky,  December  12th,  1865,  in  behalf  of  the 
Board,  by  your  servant  and  brother,  for  Christ's  sake, 

JAMES  H.  HUBER, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

After  the  reading  of  this  letter,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Morrison  proceeded 
to  address  the  Assembly  in  further  explanation  of  the   subject  of 


356  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

its  contents  ;  when,  on  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Baird,  the  following 
resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  1st,  That  this  Assembly  express  their  great  satisfaction  at  the 
presence  of  R<v.  Robert  Morrison,  as  the  represent  itive  of  the  '•  Kentucky 
Board  of  Aid  for  Southern  Pastors,"  recputly  organized  at  Louisville,  and  re- 
turn him  iheir  sincere  thanks  for  his  able  and  interesting  address. 

Resolved,  2d,  That  the  letter  from  the  Kentucky  Aid  Association  and  the 
subject  matter  of  Mr.  Morrison's  address,  lie  referred  to  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Domestic  Missions,  with  instructions  to  j^repare  a  suitable  minute 
for  our  adoption. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Mcllwaine -offered  the  folhjwing  resolution 
which,  on  motion  of  the.  Rev.  Robert  T.  Berr}',  was  laid  on  the 
table  : 

"  Resolved,  That  when  the  time  for  adjournment  to-day  shall  arrive,  the 
Assembly  will  lake  a  recess  till  7  o'clock  P.  M.,  to  meet  in  Ihe  Lecture 
Room  of  tliis  Church  ;  and  that  this  shall  be  the  order  for  each  day  during 
our  sessions." 

The  Assembly  heard  a  statement  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Kirkpatrick, 
with  reference  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Trustees  of  the  General 
Assembly,  from  wiiicli  body  no  report  has  been  received  ;  when,  on 
motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson,  a  committee,  consisting  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Kirkpatrick,  Col.  Mitchell  and  N.  S.Graham,  was  appointed  to 
report  to  tliis  Assembly  what  additional  steps,  if  any,  are  necessary 
in  order  to  secure  a  compcteiit  cliarter  for  tliis  body. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson,  it  was  made  the  duty  of  the 
Comtnitte"  on  Bills  and  Oveiturcs  to  report  at  10  o'clock  to-morrow 
morning  on  the  subject  of  the  name  which  this  Assembly  shall 
hereafter  bear. 

Dr.  Ross  presented  a  paper  on  the  subject  of  "social  recrea- 
tions," which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Bills  and  Over- 
tures, with  directions  to  report  to  the  Assembly  to-morrow  morning 
at  1 1  o'clock. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Rf)ss,  the  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Caldwell  was 
added  to  the  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures. 

On  motion  the  Assembly  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning  at 
9  o'clock.     Closed  with  prayer  by  Riof.  Charles  Phillips. 


Saturday  Morning,  9  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  met,  and  spent  the  first  half  hour  in  devotional 
exercises.     The  Minutes  of  yesterday  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  membtrs  were  reported  and  took  their  seats,  viz  : 
R.  E.  Lester,  Ruling  Elder  from  the  Presbytery  of  East  Hanover  ; 
Rev.  TJomas  Smytho,  D.  D.,  from  the  Presbyterj'  of  Charleston  ; 
W.  L.  T.  Prince,  Ruling  Elder  from  the  Presbytery  of  Harmony  ; 
J.  T.  L.  Preston.  Ruling  Elder  from  the  Presbytery  of  Lexington. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Wilson,  it  was  resolved  that  when  the 
Committee  of  Bills  and  Overtures  shall  have  presented  a  name  for 
our  Church,  it  shall  be  in  cider  for  other  members  to  do  the  same/ 


1S65.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  357 

the  various  names  shall  then  be  disposed  of  seriatim  ;  and  speeches 
on  the  subject  shall  be  limited  to  five  minutes  each. 

An  Overture  from  the  Presbytery  of  East  Hanover  concerning 
depositories  for  religious  books,  was  read  and  referred  to  the 
Standing-  Committee  on  Publication. 

The  order  of  the  day  was  taken  up,  and  the  Committee  on  Bills 
and  Overtures  made  a  report,  (Overtures  No.  2  and  3,)  recom- 
mending that  the  name  of  tlie  Churcli  shall  be  The  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  ;  after  which  various  other  names 
were  proposed  by  members  of  the  Assembly. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bowman,  the  resolution  offered  by  Dr.  Wilson 
•was  reconsidered,  and  then  on  motion  of  Dr.  Nail  was  amended  by 
striking  out  the  words,  "  the  various  names  shall  then  be  dis- 
posed of  5m«^/»z"  and  inserting  the  following  :  "If  on  the  first 
vote  no  name  shall  have  received  a  majority  of  the  votes,  then  all 
the  names  shall  be  withdrawn  except  the  four  highest,  and  then 
continue  to  drop  the  name  having  the  smallest  vote,  until  one  shall 
have  a  majority  ;  and  tliat  the  vote  he  taken  by  calling  the  roll." 

After  considerable  discussion  on  the  merits  of  the  names  pro- 
posed, the  vote  war;  taken  with  the  following  result  :  For  the 
name  proposed  by  the  committee,  42  ;  Presbj-terian  Church  in  the 
South,  7  ;  American  Presbyterian  Church,  2  ;  Protestant  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States,  2. 

The  vote  was  then  made  unanimous,  and  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee was  adopted. 

The  order  of  the  day  for  1 1  o'clock  was  postponed  till  10  o'clock 
Monday  morning. 

The  resolution  proposing  a  change  in  the  time  of  meeting  during 
the  present  s'^ssions,  which  had  been  laid  on  the  table,  was  taken 
up,  when  it  was  resolved  to  meet  in  the  Lecture  Room  to-night,  and 
thereafter,  at  7  o'clock. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Finance  presented  a  report,  which 
was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  : 

The  Stand'ng  Committee  on  Finance  (corsisUng  of  the  Stated  and  Perma- 
nent Clerks  and  the  Treasurer.)  be?  leave  to  report  that,  in  order  to  meet 
the  expenses  oi  this  Assembly,  iLey  recommend  the  tollowing  fchedule  of 
assessments  :  The  following  Presbyteries  shall  be  assessed  in  tVe  sum  of 
twenty-five  dollars  ($25  00)  each,  viz  :  South  Alabama,  Hopewell,  Memphis, 
Mississippi,  New  Orleans.  Concord,  Fayetteville,  Orange,  Harmony,  South 
Carolina,  East  Hanover,  Lexington,  Roanoke,  and  West  Hanover.  The  fol- 
lowing in  tbe  sum  of  twenty  dol'ars  (,$20.00)  each,  viz  :  East  Alaliama,  Tus- 
caloosa, Flint  River,  Tombeckbee,  Nashville,  Bethel,  Charleston,  Greenbrier, 
Montgomery  and  Winchester.  The  following  in  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
(810.00)  each,  viz :  Arkansas,  Ouachita,  Cherokee,  Florida,  Chicka?aw,  North 
Mississippi.  Tuscumbia,  WestFrn  District,  Central  Mississippi,  Louisiana, 
Holston  and  North  Alabama.  The  following  iu  the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5.00) 
each, viz:  Creek  Nation,  Indian,.  Georgia,  East  Miss's=ippi,  Red  River, 
Knoxville,  Brazos,  Central  Texas,  East  Texas  and  West  Texas. 

The  Committee  likewise  recommend  that  the  published  Minutes  of  lliis 
AssembTy  shall  be  furnished  by  tbe  Stated  Clerk  to  all  who  shall  desire  the 
same,  for  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  a  copy. 


358  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  reported  Overture  No.  1, 
which  Tvas  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  1,  from  a  Convention  of  Ministers  and  Elders,  belonging  to 
the  Synod  of  Nashville,  informinct  the  Assembly  that  that  Synod  had  not 
been  able  to  meet  since  the  Fall  of  1861  ;  declaring  their  cordial  adherence 
to  this  bodj^,  and  their  approval  of  our  position  and  principles  ;  and  request- 
ing the  Assembly  to  appoint  a  meeting  of  Synod  at  an  early  day. 

The  committee  recommend  that  this  request  be  granted  ;  and  that  the 
Synod  of  Nashville  be  directed  to  meet  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Huntsville,  Alabama,  on  the  Thursday  before  the  third  Sabbath  of  January, 
1866,  at  half-past  six  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  that  the  sessions  be  opened  with  a 
sermon  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Hardin,  D.  D..  or  in  cash  of  his  absence,  then 
by  the  oldest  minister  present,  who  shall  preside  until  a  Moderator  be  chosen. 

The  committee  reported  also  Overture  No.  4,  which  after  con- 
sideration was  recommitted  ;  Messrs.  Preston,  John  Miller  and 
Smythe  being  meanwhile  added  to  the  committee  ;  also  Overtures 
Nos.  5  and  6,  which  were  placed  on  the  docket. 

A  report  was  received  from  the  Committee  on  Devotional  Exer- 
cises, which  was  approved. 

On  motion  the  Assembly  adjourned  to  meet  in  the  Lecture 
Room  at  6  o'clock.     Closed  with  prayer. 


Saturday  Ev^ening,  T  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  met  and  was  opened  with  prayer. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  A.  King,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Central 
Texas,  was,  upon  report  of  the  Committee  on  Elections,  enrolled  as 
a  member. 

Overture  No,  7  was  reported  by  the  committee  and  adopted, 
and  is  as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  7,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Central  Mississippi,  representing 
that  under  the  terms  of  the  union  agreed  upon  with  the  United  Synod,  two 
ministers  and  at  least  two  churches  properly  in  the  bounds  of  the  Synod  of 
Memphis,  were  transferred  to  that  Presbytcxy.  and  requesting  the  Assembly 
to  rectify  this  matter. 

The  committee  recommend  that  the  Rev.  E.  M.  Richardson  and  Rev. 
George  P.  Richardson,  together  with  the  churches  of  Granada  and  Panola, 
and  any  other  churches  formerly  connected  with  the  Presbytery  of  Lexing- 
ton South,  which  lie  north  of  the  northern  boundary  of  the  Synod  of  Mifsis- 
sippi,  be  and  hereby  are  transferred  frona  the  Presbytery  of  Central  Missis- 
sippi to  the  Presbytery  of  North  Misgissippi  of  the  Synod  of  Memphis. 

Also  Overture  No.  8,  which  was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  ; 

Overture  No.  8. — From  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina,  declaring  in  sub- 
stance its  continued  approval  of  the  course  adopted  by  the  Southern  Presby 
teries,  in  organizing  this  General  Assembly  ;  declaring  its  purpose  to  adhere 
with  renewed  energy  and  affection  to  our  own  cherished  denomination ';  ex- 
londicg  a  welcome  to  our  communion  and  fellowship,  to  all  who  cordially 
adopt  our  standards  and  sympathize  with  tis  in  our  principles  as  to  the 
province  of  the  church  ;  and  warning  onr  churches  against  all  schismatical 
intruders. 


1865.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  359 

The  comuiittee  recommend  that  the  Assembly  express  its  agreement  with 
the  Synod  in  these  views. 

Also  No.  4,  wliich  had  been  recommitted.  The  report,  being 
adopted,  is  as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  4. — An  inquiry  from  an  Elder  of  one  of  our  churches  as  to 
what  is  the  duty  and  chtistian  course  of  a  Church  Sefsion,  when  a  minister 
or  agent  of  the  Ohl  School  General  Assembly  (Nonli)  presents  himself 
amongst  us,  wiih  a  request  to  labor  in  our  churcte?,  or  occupy  one  of  our 
Tacant  houses  of  worsLip. 

The  committee  recommend  that  this  overtute  be  answer  d  by  the  adop- 
tion of  the  following  resolutions,  viz: 

Eesolvtd,  1st,  That  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  North  (Old  School) 
is  to  be  looked  upon  simply  as  a  separate  and  distinct  ecclesiastical  lody  ; 
and  that  the  ministers  and  agents  ot  that  church  have  no  lurthtr  or  higher 
claims  on  our  courtesy  than  any  other  churches  of  the  same  secicn  of  the 
country,  which  hold  to  the  same  symbols  of  f  .ith  and  order  with  ourselves. 

Eesolved,  2d,  That  this  Assembly  has  no  reason  for  recommeiding  any 
other  usages  or  rules  in  re-pecc  to  fur  fellowship  with  other  ecclesiusiical 
bodies  than  those  that  have  long  been  familiar  in  all  oar  Sessions  and  Pres- 
byteries ;  and  will  net  attempt  to  define  afresh  in  what  cases  and  in  what 
degree  errors  in  belief  and  practice  thall  exclude  from  our  pulpits,  or  suspend 
ecclesiatt'cal  communion. 

Resolved,  3d,  That  our  ministtrs  and  churches  be,  and  hereby  are  warned 
against  all  ministers,  or  other  agents,  who  maycJme  among  us  to  sow  the 
Stcds  of  division  and  strife  in  our  congregations,  or  to  cn.ate  schism  in  our 
beloved  Zion.  And  owing  to  the  peculiar  reasons  for  prudence  which  now 
exist,  we  enjoin  it  upon  our  ministers  and  sessions  to  exercise  special  caution 
as  to  whom  they  admit  to  their  pulpits  ;  and  in  cases  of  doubt,  to  refer  to  the 
judgment  of  the  Presbyteries  the  whole  qutstion  of  the  nature  and  extent  of 
courtesy  or  cf  untenance  they  may  extend. 

Resolved,  4th,  That  the  Assembly  would  remind  sessions  "hat  in  no  f-aseis 
it  proper  for  them  to  invite  ministers  of  other  denominations  statedly  to 
occupy  any  of  our  pulpits  without  the  consent  of  the  Presbyteries,  and  the 
known  purpose  of  f-uch  ministrrs,  at  the  earliest  suitable  opportunity,  to 
unite  with  us  in  ecclesiastical  relali.ns. 

The  meeting  of  the  next  General  Assembly  was  appointed  to  be 
held  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  on 
the  third  Thursday  of  November,  186G,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

Overtures  Nos.  5  and  6  were  taken  up  and  adopted^  and  the 
Moderator  of  the  Assembly,  together  with  the  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
explain  to  the  Presbytery  of  South  Alabama  the  reason  for  de- 
clining to  accede  to  the  request.     The  report  is  as  follows  : 

Overtures  No.  5  and  6. — From  the  Synod  of  Alabama  and  the  Presbytery 
of  South  Alabima  respectively,  requesting  the  Assembly  to  amend  the'  rule 
requiring  the  examination  of  ministers  on  their  reception  by  the  Presbyteries, 
so  as  to  make  it  optional. 

The  committee  recommend  that  as  there  is  no  evidence  that  the  rule  has 
not  worked  well,  the  Assembly  decliLe  to  make  the  change  requested. 

The   committees   on  the  records   of  the  Synods   of  Arkansas, 
Georgia,    Memphis,    Mississippi,    Virginia,  and    Texas,   reported 
2 


360  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

severally  that  no  records  had  been  placed  in  their  hands,  and  were 
discharged.  The  records  of  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina  were, 
upon  the  recommeudation  of  the  committee,  approved  so  far  as 
written. 

A  letter  from  Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Doremus,  in  regard  to  the  revised 
Hymn  Book,  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Publication  ;  also  a  resolution  on  the  same  subject,  offered  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Berry. 

On  motion,  the  Assembly  adjourned  till  Monday  morning,  9 
o'clock.     Closed  with  prayer. 


Monday  Morning,  9  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  met  and  spent  half  an  hour  in  devotional  exer- 
cises.    The  Minutes  of  Saturda}'  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  members  appeared  and  their  names  were  enrolled  : 
Rev.  R.  S.  Gladney  and  R.  A.  Minnis,  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Tombeckbee  ;  Rev.  Sam'l  W.  Davics  and  Thos.  D.  Chunn,  from  Pres- 
bytery of  Arkansas,  and  D.  H.  Hill,  Ruling  Elder  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Concord. 

On  motion  the  Committee  on  the  Records  of  the  Synodsof  North 
Carolina  and  Nashville,  not  having  any  records  to  examine,  were 
discharged. 

The  Committee  on  the  Records  of  the  Synod  of  Alabama  report- 
ed, and  upon  their  recommendation  they  weie  approved  so  far  as 
written. 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  reported  on  Overtures 
No.  10,  No.  11  and  No.  13,  and  the  reports  on  the  same  were  ac- 
cepted and  adopted,  and  are  as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  10, — From  the  Presbytery  of  North  Alabama,  reqaeiting 
tills  Assembly  to  re-adjust  the  boandary  between  the  Synods  of  Nashvule 
and  of  Memphis,  so  as  to  tiirow  the  county  of  Madisou,  in  the  State  of  Ala- 
bama, into  the  Presbytery  of  North  Alabama  and   the  Synod  of  Nashville, 

and 

Overture  No.  11,  from  a  member  of  the  Synod  of  Memphis,  requesting 
that  in  whatever  arrangement  of  the  bound  iry  adopted,  the  churches  aad 
cburch  property  w  thin  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery  of  Tuscumbia,  shall 
belong  siill  to  the  Synod  of  Memphis. 

The  committee  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  and  churches  within  the  cnunty  of  Madison, 
Alabama,  form  rly  connected  with  the  UnHed  Synod  be  adjudged  to  belorg 
to  the  Presbytery  of  North  Alabama  for  the  present  ;  but  that  all  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Presbytery  of  Tusc;imbia  and  the  Synod  of  Memphis  be  pre- 
served intict.  This  temporary  arrangement  the  Assembly  adopts  for  want 
of  the  necessary  information  ;  but  it  hereby  urges  the  iudica'ories  interested 
to  endeavor  to  agree  on  a  definite  boundary  line,  and  to  report  to  the  next 
Assembly,  in  order  that  this  matter  may  be  conclusively  settled. 

Overture  No.  13,  from  the  Synod  of  Mississippi,  requesting  the  Assembly 
to  adjust  the  matter  of  conflicting  boundaries  between  that  Synod  and  the 
Synod  of  Alabama,  arising  out  of  the  terms  of  union  with  the  United  Synod. 


1865.]  •       GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  361 

The  committ'jc  recommend  that  all  tlie  minis'ers  and  churches  formerly 
connected  w.th  the  Presbytf-rios  of  the  United  Synod,  but  which  lie  within 
the  bomidj  of  llie  Sj-nod  of  Alabama,  be  arnl  hereby  are  transferred  to  the 
Presbyleri'S  within  which  they  are  respect' vely  located. 

The  order  of  the  day  (being  the  Report  on  P(jpular  Amusement.'',) 
Iiaving  arrived,  it  was  further  postponed  until  12  M.,  to  take  up  the 
Report  of  the  Standing  Coinniittee  on  Publication,  which  coniinittee 
then  proceeded  to  report  respecting  that  work,  and  also  on  the 
subject  of  Psalmody. 

The  order  of  the  day  for  12  o'clock  was  taken  up,  (the  considera* 
tion  of  the  report  of  the  ConnniLtoe  of  Publication  having-  been  sus- 
pended for  that  purpose,)  and  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Bills 
and  Overtures  on  Popular  Amusements,  (Overture  No.  9,)  was 
accepted  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  9. — A  paper  from  the  Rev.  Dr"  Ross  on  the  .s  ibject  of  fash- 
ionable amusements,  containino^  three  inquiries,  with  their  proposed  answers. 
The  c  )mmittee  recommend  thut  the  inquiries  be  answered  ad  follows,   viz  : 

1.  "  Whether  every  church  spssion  bus  the  rifrht  to  make  it  a  rule  that 
dancing  and  other  amusements  arc  d  sciplinary  ?" 

Answer. —  No  church  jndcatory  has  a  right  to  make  any  new  rules  of 
church  membership,  different  from  those  (;ouiained  in  the  constitution  ;  but 
it  lathe  undoubted  right  of  the  church  s  ssion  and  of  every  oilier  judicatory, 
to  make  a  deliveranc.^,  affirming  its  sen?e  of  what  is  '•  an  offl'nce,''  in  the 
meaning  of  the  Book  of  Discip  ine,  ch.  1,  sec.  3. 

2.  ''  Whether  such  rule  commonly  ex'sts  in  Presbyterian  Churches  ?'' 
Answer. — Prob  ibly  n^ne  of  om-  judicatories  are  as  faithful   as  they  ought 

to  be  ;  bu":  it  i?  believed  that  the  chufclies  generally  do,  in  some  foim,  dis- 
countenance dancing.  And  the  Presbyterian  Church,  through  its  supreme 
judicatory,  has  repi  atedly  borne  its  testimony  agaiost  dancing,  and  other 
worldly  amnsements. 

3.  "  Whether  such  rule  is  expedient ;  or  what  should  be  the  m'nd  of  the 
wlole  body,  and  what  its  action  ?" 

An-wer. — It  is  the  du'y  of  every  jidicatory  to  enforce  the  teachings  of  our 
standards  on  this  and  other  fashionable  amusements,  such  as  tlratrical  \n'r- 
formancts.  card-playin<jr,  (tc.  And  while  the  Assembly  bel  eves  that  the 
'•  lascivious  dancings"  declared  to  be  forbidden  in  the  seventh  commandment, 
by  the  answer  to  the  139th  question  of  the  Larger  Ciitech'sm,  arc  not  those 
usual  in  our  best  sjociety,  yet  it  is  our  belief  that  the  tenor  of  the  teachings  of 
the  scriptures  and  of  our  standards,  is  in  direet  opposition  to  this  sociiil 
usage.  Christ's  kingdom  is  not  of  this  world  ;  and  the  Apostle  exhorts 
Chrisiians  not  to  be  conformed  to  tLe  world.  Though  we  do  not  say  that 
all  these  worldly  amusements  are  "  in  their  own  nature  f^infu',"  it  is  clear 
that  th^y  "  may  tempt'  those  who  engage  in  them,  and  otheis,  t»  sin  :  and 
moreover,  the  Scriptures  condemn  them  as  worldliness.  If  the  practice  of 
the  dance  in  mixed  assembl  es  be  not  conforming  to  the  world,  it  is  difhcult 
to  name  any  offence  against  tie  injunction  of  the  Apostle.  Nor  need  the 
Church  of  Christ  have  any  hesitancy  in  announcing  its  position  on  this  sub- 
ject ;  for  the  men  of  the  world,  with  one  consent  agree  that  it  is  inconsistent 
with  the  nature  of  the  Christian  profession,  for  members  of  the  church  to  en- 
gage in  the  dance. 

In  this  connection,  the  A?s  mbly  would  take  occasion  to  exhort  our  Chris- 
tian  people  to  avoid  the  excesses  into  which  they  are  in  danger  of  being 
drawn  by  the  demands  of  fashion.     The  scriptures  forbid  "  revellings,"  and 


362  MINUTES  OF  THE  •  [A.  D. 

all  intemperate  self-indulgeDce  ;  with  which  leachings  the  prevalent  custom 
of  protracting  social  assemblies,  with  or  without  music  and  dancing,  to  the 
hours  of  the  morninjr.  but  especially  when  accompanied  with  drinkirg  or 
card-playing,  is  manife«tly  inconsistent.  Moreover,  theA?s(mbly,  observing 
that  pprties  of  pleasure  are  usually  composed  almost  exclusively  of  unmarried 
j'oung  people,  would  give  it  as  its  earnest  advice  that  the  best  form  of  social 
re-union  be  made  to  partake  as  much  as  possible  of  the  style  and  tone  of  the 
family  circle,  in  which  youthful  enjoyment  is  tempered  by  the  presence  of 
the  older  and  mariicd  member-'. 

The  Assembly  expresses  itself  with  the  more  earnestcess  on  this  whole  sub- 
ject, because  of  the  disposit'on  which  is  observed  in  all  parts  of  our  borrers 
to  run  into  the  inordinate  indulgence  of  worldlincss  at  this  time,  in  forgetfui- 
ne=s  of  the  mighty  chastcnings  of  God  which  are  even  \et  upon  us  ;  and 
because  we  see  members  of  our  churchrs  and  our  beloved  baptized  youth, 
in  forgetfitlness  of  the  covenant  of  God,  which  is  upon  them,  carried  away 
with  the  world's  delusions,  to  the  subversion  of  the  divine  iijflnences  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  to  the  neglect  of  the  in1ere?ts  of  their  souls.  "Wheiefore,  the 
Assembly  wou'd  urge  our  people  to  take  the  word  of  exhortation ;  to  abstain 
frcm  all  forms  of  evil  ;  and  to  s'udy  nnd  pursue  tl:at  sobriety  which  be- 
cometh  the  Gospel,  so  that  the  Church  of  Christ  f-hall  indeed  be  "  a  peculiar 
people.''  And  we  hereby  exhort  our  ministers  and  church  sessions  to  a  dis- 
charge of  their  duties.  Let  them  proceed  by  affectionate  and  fiiithful  in- 
struction from  thepnipit,  as  well  as  in  private  ;  by  admonition,  and  by  such 
other  measures  as  Christian  prudence  may  dictate  ;  but  when  all  other  means 
fail,  then  let  them  proceed  to  such  methods  of  discipline  as  shall  separate  from 
the  Church  those  who  love  the  w*.rld  and  practice  conformity  thereto  rather 
than  to  the  law  of  Christ. 

The  special  committee  ejn  Boneficiaiy  Educ:itie)n,  appointeei  by 
the  Assembly  ejf  18(34,  to  report  at  tlie  next  assembly  made  a  report, 
which  was  made  the  order  of  the  day  for  7  o'clock. 

As  unfinished  business,  the  lieport  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 
Publication  was  then  resun.ed,  amended  and  discussed. 

On  nK)tion  Rev.  J.  D.  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  Rev.  John  Miller,  and  Rev. 
R.  S.  Gladney,  were  added  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign    Missions. 

The  Assembly  ^jieii  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  P.  M.  Closed  with 
prayer. 


Monday  Evening,  7  o'clock. 

The  Asscmbl}' met  and  was  opened  with  prayer  by  Dr.  J.  L. 
Kirkpatrick. 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  made  reports  on  Overtures 
No.  12,  14  and  15 — all  of  which  were  accepted  and  adopted,  and 
are  as  follows  . 

Overture  No.  12. — An  inquiry  from  a  member  of  this  Assembly,  asking 
whether  a  I'r*  sbyte  ry  has  a  right  to  orduin  n  liceiit'ate  to  the  work  of  the 
Gospel  Ministry,  i-imply  because  he  desires  it,  although  neither  one  cr  more 
churches  have  requeatcel  that  he  should  be  ordained. 

'I'hc  committee  lecomme nd  the  following  answer,  \iz  :  Every  office  in  the 
Chuich  af  (Jod,  accordino;  to  the  Script ure^  and  llie  standard  of  our  Church, 
is  a  definite  charge;  and  heice  no  man  can  lawfully  be  ordained  to  tho 
Oofpd  Ministry  unless  it  be  to  the  performance  of  some  work  appropriate 


1865.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  363 

to  that  office  according  to  the  constitution.  And  as  one  great  evidence 
of  a  divine  vocation  is  a  call  from  a  particular  church,  do  m  n  ought  to 
be  ordained,  except  in  cases  extraordinarj',  without  sucli  a  call.  Monover. 
as  persins  aie  liable  to  mi-jtal^e  tin  ir  calling,  and  as  the  office  of  the  minis- 
try is  u  permanent  one,  by  Divine  insii'ulioii,  Presi)y  cries  ought  to  txer- 
cise  great  caution  in  ordaininir  Evangt-li  ts,  lest  the  ministry  be  filled  with 
intruders,  and  the  Church  be  afflicted  with  a  va'jrant  and  Fccidirized  clergy. 
Nor  ought  they  ever  to  do  so,  until  full  proof  has  been  made  uf  the  licentiate, 
by  the  JPiesbytery  which  ordains  him,  and  it  has  received  such  a  favorable 
report  concerning  him  from  the  churches,  as  gives  the  joromise  of  wide 
usefulness. 

The  case  mentioned  in  the  memorial  seems  to  violate  all  these  principles. 
If  the  licentiate  be  not  called  to  a  particular  church,  and  if  he  be  not  look- 
ing to  the  work  of  the  Evangplist  in  fronti'^r  and  des  itute  settlements,  his 
ordination,  sine  litulo,  would  be  not  only  irregular  and  unconstitutional,  but 
manifestly  unscriptural. 

Overture  No.  14. — An  inquiry  from  a  RulingElder  of  Flint  River  Presby- 
bytery,  viz  :  Can  a  Ruling  Elder  who  has  removed  from  the  bounds  of  his 
church,  and  who  fi;r  a  peril  d  of  eighteen  months  or  two  years,  has  not  com- 
muni  d  or  worshipped  with  the  church,  be  allowed  to  resume  his  seat  in  the 
session  without  returning  to  rcs'de  in  the  limits  of  the  congregation  ? 

The  committee  recommend  the  following  answer,  viz ;  The  provision  of 
the  constitution,  th  it  no  man  is  eligible  to  the  office  of  Elder  unk  ss  he  is  a 
member  of  the  chirrch  in  wh'ch  he  is  to  serve,  was  evidently  des  gned  to 
prevent  the  existence  of  a  non-resideni  PJld.rship.  And  s  nee  the  rights  of 
I) ffiee  and  the  discharge  of  its  duties  go  together  in  the  ordination  tngagc- 
^len's,  this  Afsembly  judg' s  that  when  an  Elder  voluntarily  and  perma- 
nently n  moves  beyond  the  bounds  of  a  con  Tegation,  he  is  tUtrefore  disquali- 
fied from  di^■charglng  tl  e  functions  of  liis  office,  and  is  no  longer  to  be  con- 
sidered as  an  Acting  Elder. 

Overture  No.  15. — From  the  Pn  sbytery  of  C.'nlral  Mississ  ppi,d'ssenting 
fi'om  certain  language  used  in  the  minutes  of  the  last  (jeneral  Assembly  on 
the  su'-ject  of  valid  and  invalid  baptism,  and  rcques'ing  this  As-.embly  to 
make  a  new  and  more  satisfactory  deliverance. 

The  committee  recommend  the  following  minute,  viz  : 

The  langua  e  from  which  the  Pn  sbytery  dissent,  iha'>  this  is  "the  true 
idea  of  bap  ism,  viz:  that  it  sets  lb  th  the  death  of  Christ,"  taken  by  it- 
self, is  posnbly  liable  to  misappiehension.  But  ina  much  as  the  minute  in 
quest'on,  in  t^o  or  three  diftVrent  forms,  does  distinctly  state  the  true  doc- 
trine, it  is  manifest  that  tlu  last  As-embly  meant  to  teach  that  baji'ism  '•  s  ts 
forth  the  death  of  Christ,'  by  exh'bitii  g  to  us  the  benefits  there  if  in  tluir 
effectual  application  to  us  by  th-  Holy  Ghost.  In  thes  mil  ir  expre-sion  in 
the  same  deliverance  where  it  is  said  that  bapt'sm  '•  sets  Him  ((Jur  st)  forth 
as  erne  fied  for  us  and  raised  a'.'ain  for  ourju  tification,"  it  i-  evid(Dt  that  this 
languiae  is  used  in  the  sense  previously  explained  in  the  miiute  itsUf,  viz  : 
'•  that  baptism  was  dcs'gned  t'»  signily  ami  seal  our  fUowship  with  Chris', 
in  H  s  death  and  in  His  resurrection,  with  all  the  beiiefi's  thert'c.f."  These 
expressions,  thus  explained,  are  as.-uredly  in  accordance  v\i'h  our  standarJs 
and  wi  h  the  word  of  God. 

The  Committee  on  the  Charter  made  a  report  which  was  accept- 
ed and  adopted,  and,  on  motion  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Kirkpatrick,  tlie  Cliair- 
tnan  of  this  committee  was  appointed  to  make  known  the  last   re- 


364  '  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

solution  in  this  report  to  the  gentlemen  mentioned  in  it.     The   re- 
port is  as  follows  : 

The  Committee  on  the  snbject  of  the  Cliarter  would  report — 

Trat  althcu<>h  no  official  information  has  been  laid  be  ore  the  General  As- 
sembly, the  following  statement  of  (acts  touching  tlie  nialter  of  the  Char- 
ter, as  provided  for  by  the  last  Apsembly,  may  be  received  as  undoubtedly 
com  ct,  viz : 

Soon  after  the  adjournment  of  the  last  General  A?sfmbly,  on  application 
was  made  to  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  North  Curolina  for  an  act  of 
incorporation;  which  a  ppication  proved  succe'slul.  and  a  charter  was  ob- 
tained with  only  one  slight  and  immateriiil  modification  of  the  terms  proposed 
by  the  committee  of  the  Gener  d  Assembly.  As  required  bj'  the  Charter, 
the  trusteps  assembled  in  Charlotte,  N.  C,  on day  of  ,  1864,  de- 
clared their  acceptance  of  the  Charter,  and  organized  by  the  appointment  of 
the  Hon.  'Ihomas  C.  Perrin,  of  Abbeville,  South  Carolina,  President  ;  the 
Piev.  Dr.  B.  M.  Palmer,  of  New  Orlcars,  Secretary  ;  and  John  Crawford, 
Esq.,  of  Columbia,  South  Ca-olina.  Treasurer. 

It  is  believed  that  all  that  is  now  necessary  to  be  done  i.i  for  the  General 
Assembly  to  ap])oint  a  comnittce  to  make  an  application  to  the  Legiflati^re 
of  North  Carolii  a.  to  change  thpiiame  ►ind  style  of  the  bod}'-  to  which  the 
Charter  has  been  granted  from  the  "  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  C'  nfedcra'e  States,"  to  "  The  General  As-emhly  of  the  Pres- 
byterian C  'urch  in  the  Un'ted  States." 

We  theiefore,  recommend  that  Joseph  H.  AVilson,  James  M.  Hutchison, 
A.  A.  McLean,  and  Duncan  Shaw,  Piul'ng  Elders  of  our  Chuich,  now  hold- 
ing seat"!  in  the  Legislature  of  North  Carolina,  be  appointed  and  requested  1o 
obtain  from  that  body  the  above  change  in  the  ("barter,  and  do  what  el^e,  if 
anything,  may  be  necessary  to  secure  to  us  the  full  benefits  of  that  instruuicut.'* 

The  order  of  the  day,  viz  :  The  Keport  of  the  Committee  on 
Beneficiary  Education,  was  then  heard,  accepted,  discussed,  and 
re-committed  lo  the  committee,  to  report  to  the  next  Assembly. 

Nominations  for  the  Executive  Committees  of  Edncation,  Publi- 
cation, Domestic  Missions, and  Foreign  Missions,  were  announced, 
and  the  elections  were  made  the  (nxler  of  the  day  for  10  o'clock 
to-moirovv. 

Tlie  Committcic  on  Theological  Seminaries  made  a  Report,  which 
was  accepted,  amended  and  adopted,  and  is  as  fjlhnvs  ; 

We  have  had  placed  in  our  hands  the  following  papers,  wliich  we  recom- 
mend be  published  in  the  appendix  to  tie  Minutes  of  this  Assembly,  viz  ; 
The  Re|  ort  of  ti  e  Famlty  of  Un'on  Theologir-al  Seminary  ;  the  Report  of  the 
Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seniinhry  at  Columbia,  8(nitJi  Carolina  ;  the 
Pioport  of  the  Tre.isnrer,  and  a  S'atpmcnt  from  the  Chairman  of  the  Board 
of  Directo'S  of  the  samp  institution. 

'J'!i(se documents  brings  u"^  painful  intelligence  in  legard  to  the  present 
condition  ot  these  cheiishcd  insiitutions  of  the  Church.  The  public  calami- 
ties which  have  d-  pressed  all  the  inter'  sts  of  our  portion  of  the  land,  have 
fallen  with  !i(avy  weight  upon  them  By  the  failure  of  the  Confederote  Gov- 
ornnicnt,  and  the  ])artial  des'ruction  of  the  rroneyed  rorporut'ous  in  which 
the  funds  of  those  Seminaries  were  invested,  t'li  ir  'arge  endowmtnts  have 
been  reduced  to  dimensions  which  are  entirely  inadequate  to  their  support. 
But  we  learn  also  that  in  both  instances  the  buildings  and  libraries,  with 


1865.]  GEKEKAL  ASSEMBLY.  365 

slight  exception?,  have  be«n  fvcserveij  intact.  The  members  of  the  two 
faculties  also  retain  tbeir  chaiis,  and  continue  their  labors,  sustained,  in 
great  measure,  by  the  liberality  of  the  churches  within  the  States  in  whicti 
they  are  located.  While  then  "these  heavy  looses  are  a  most  trying  dispensa- 
tion, we  cannot  but  be  encouraired  by  the  indications  of  the  Divine 
favor,  in  what  i^  still  preserved  to  us,  and  in  the  strong  hold  which 
these  nurseries  of  the  Chiu'ch  have  upon  the  hearts  of  God's  people. 

Tlie  e  idowmeiit  of  Union  Seminary  is  reduced  to  ninety  or  one  hundred 
thousand  doUar-i,  and  even  that  does  not  yield  at  present  one  cent  of 
income.  But  the  Synod  of  Yircinia,  with  the  co-operation  of  the  Synod 
of  North  Carolina,  have  adopted  measures  for  the  temporary  support  of 
both  professors  and  students,  and  for  replacing  the  lost  endowment,  which 
have  already  been  attended  with  encouraging  success.  The  As^emblj'  has 
only  an  ad\isory  control  of  this  Seminary — hut  we  suggest  that  they 
heartily  commend  the  energy  and  z^'al  with  whicli  its  managers  have  met 
the  emergoncy,  and  urge  upon  the  Churches  such  a  response  to  these  efforts 
as  sha'l  not  only  su-ta-n  it  through  its  present  trials,  but  in  due  time  place 
it  upon  a  broader  foundation  than  ever. 

The  endowment  of  the  Seminary  at  Columbia  has   been    reduced    f  om 
two    hundred    and   seventy    thousand    to    sixty-nine  or  seventy  thoufand 
dollars — only  three  thousand  of  which,  or  a  little  hss.  yields  any  cash   in- 
come at  pr'  sent.     Three  professors,  besides    the    emeritus  professor,   retain 
their  position-.     No  provision  has  been  made  for  tVeir  support,  except    that 
the  Synod  of  South  Carolina  has  initiated  a  system  by  which  contributions 
in  money,  clothing  and  provisions  are  bein?  secured  for  thesuppoit  of  both 
proft-ssors  and  students — the  scholarship's  f i  r  the  support  of  the  latter  being 
rednced  in  value  to  about  five  thousand  dollars.     But  it  is  evident  t'  at  this 
system,  or  some  similar  one,  must  become  general,  in  order  to  meet   the  de- 
mand.    The  whole  Church  mu=t  come  up  to  our   help  in   this    emergency. 
Th'S  institution  must  be  sustained.     In  connection  with  the  f-i-ter  seminary 
in  Y  irginia,  it  is  iudispensub'e  as  the  grand  means  by  which  the  Church  is  to 
extend  (t  even  maintain  her  strength,  and  he-r  very  life.     Its  past  histoiy  is 
full  of  marks  of  the  Divine  recognition  and  blessing.     Its   fruits  are  found 
throughout  all  our  bounds,  and  in  many  other  pitrts  of  the  earth.     As  an  ap- 
proved, Cjtablishcd  and  successful  means  of  sending  forth   labe.rers   into   the 
harvest,  we  cannot  aflurd  to  dispense  with   it,   even    temporarily.     We   re- 
commor.d,  thavfore.  that  the  Assembly  urge  upon  all  our  pastors  and  stated 
supplies  to  take  up  contributions  in  me>ney  and  in   other  forms,  as   may   be 
convenient,  at  the  earliest  practicable  time,  for  the  support  of  this  Seminary, 
to  be  forward  dtoihe  treasurer,  Mr.  Andrew  Crawford,  at  Columbia,  South 
Carolina,  to  be  applied  by  the  board  of  directors  to  the  support   of  tlie  pro- 
fess rs — and  upon  the  Presbyteries  to  give  special  attention  to  this  call. 

Two  chairs  in  this  Semina'y  are  now  vacant,  viz:  that  of  Pastor  d  Theob- 
gy  and  Sacred  Rhetoric,  and  that  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theol  )gy.  In  the 
pve-oat  condition  of  the  endowment,  and  the  s'ateofthe  whole  Chtirch,  we 
<\o  not  deem  it  expedi  nt  to  attempt,  at  present,  to  fill  these  chairs.  We 
lament  f^e  necessity  for  d' lay,  but  as  the  constitution  of  the  Seminary  pro- 
vide? that  the  duties  of  all  vie  mt  pro'es'orships  shall  be  performed  by  the 
members  of  the  exi-iting  faculty ;  as  these  members  are  already  engaged  in 
these  duties,  and  as  they  are  fa  ly  competent  to  discharge  them  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  Church,  we  feel  assured  that  the  Semhiary  will  go  forward  effi- 
-ciently  and  su  'cc  s'ully  in  its  great  work  ;  and  that  it  wi'l  continue  to  enjoy 
the  confldence  and  support  of  the  Church. 

The  committee  nominate  for  re  election  all    the   members   of  the   existing 
Board  of  Directors,  and  Mr.  Andrew  Crawford  as  Treasurer. 
Respejtfully  submitted  by  order  of  the  commit' ee. 

C.  A.  STILLMAN,  Chairman. 
W 


366  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

On  motion,  the  hearing  of  the  Pastoral  ^Letter  was  made  the 
order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow  morning  at  11  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  then  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning  at  9 
o'clock.     Closed  with  prayer. 


TcESDAY  Morning,  9  o'clock. 
The  Assembly  met  and  spent  half  an  hour  in  devotional  exercises. 
The  Minutes  of  yesterday  were  read  and  approved. 
The  Standing  Committee  on  Education   made   a   report,   which 
was  accepted  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  : 

The  Standing  Conimitlee  on  Education  report  that  tlify  have  examin'^d 
the  papers  submitted  to  them.  These  papers  contain  nothing,  as  far  as  they 
relate  to  the  past  operat  ons  of  the  j^ssembly's  committee,  that  reqflire  notice. 
Up  to  the  c'ose  of  the  war,  our  young  men  were  in  the  army,  and  the  amount 
of  lunds  collected  was  small  ;  and  this  amount  became  worthless  when  tLe 
Confederate  Government  was  overlhr  own.  Since  the  close  of  the  war,  no- 
thing has  been  done  by  the  committee — no  beneficiaries  assisted,  no  funds 
collected. 

There  are  two  thoughts  suggested,  however,  in  tie  brief  report  of  the 
Executive  Commiitee,  tliat  deserve  ihe  earnest  attention  of  this  Assembly, 
connected  as  they  are  with  the  future  of  our  Church. 

(1.)  The  first  ol'  thfse  is  "  the  increasing  need  of  ministers  of  the   Gospel 
to  enter  upon  the  labors  of  our  vast  field."     During  the  last  four  years,  very 
few  ha\e  entered  the  ministry      Nearly  the  whole  of  those  who   were   in  the 
various  stag's   of  prejiaration  for  the  sarred  work,  were  called    into   the 
field  of  civil  strife  and  forced  to  suspend  their  studies.     Not  a  few   of  these 
gave  up  their  bves  in  the  conflict  ;  others  had  their  health   so  permanently 
broken  that  they  have  been  comiDcUed  to  aba*  don  their   clierished   hope   of 
preaching  the  Gospel;  and  siill  others   perhaps  by  the  delay   thus   incurred, 
and  from  other  causes,  have  ent-red  into  secular  pursuits  for  life.     An    inter- 
ruption of  four  years  in  all  preparation  for  the  regular   supply   of  ministers 
lor  our  churches,  is  a  serious  matter.     It  creates  a  gap  not  easly  filled  ;    and 
unless  the  church  shall  use  extra  exert'on  to  supp'y  this  want,  very   sad   in- 
deed may  be  the  consequences  to  oitr  Zion.     Ministers  with  us  are  not   made 
in  a  day.     It  requires  time  to  fit  th(  m   lor   their   holy  woik.     And    by  the 
time  that  those  who  now  enter  upon  their  coiu-se  of  preparation,  even   under 
the  most  favorable  circumstances  shall  be  able  actually   to  commence  their 
labors,  the  w-ant  of  ministers  will  be  far  greater  than   now.     'J'he   prosperity 
of  the  country,  it  is  hoped,  will' be   lapidly    returning.     Our   i»re.sent   feeble 
churches,  crushed  under  the  weight  of  accumulated  misfortune,  will  be  placed 
in  a  condition  to  sustain  again  the  Gospel  among  them.     New    and  imi^or- 
tant  fields,  in  the  increasing  population  and  prosperity  of  the  coimtry,   will 
open  to  us  and  invite  us  to  occupy.     Wiih  this  prospect  in  vicT,  can  we  be 
indiflfL-rent  to  tlie  subjeC  bjlore  Ui  ?     Arc  we  not  bound  to  labor  as  God  may 
give  us  ability,  and  to  pray  with  our  whole  heart,  that  the  number  of   minis- 
ters may  be  greatly  increased  throughout  our  holders  ?     Next  to  tlie  placing 
upon  their  feet  our  overthrown  and  crippled  congregations,  is  the  sujiply   of 
faithful  and  devoted  men  to  break  to  them  the  bread  of  life.     The  number  of 
these  is  at  present  inadequate  to  the  demand,  shoidd  our  Domestic  Missionary 
operations  be  bUstcd  to  the  sustentation  of  feeble  churclies  ;    while  the   vast 
field  that,  in  human  jtrobabiiity,  will  soon- open  to  us  in   the  regions    beyond, 
will  requ're  irany,  many  more. 


I860.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  367 

(2.)  The  otber  tbonght  suggested  in  the  committee's  report  is,  the  greatly 
diminished  means  of  those  seeking  the  holy  office.  Many  who,  a  short  time 
since,  were  abundantly  able  to  pursue  their  course  of  preparation  for  the 
ministry,  independent  of  aid  from  the  funds  of  the  church,  have  suffered  the 
loss  of  all  worldly  substance.  'I'hey  arc  poor  indeed  ;  and  unless  assistance 
shall  be  rendered  them,  they  will  necessarily  be  driven  to  other  pursuits  for  a 
time — perhaps  permanently.  It  is  important  that  many  of  thoi^e  at  least 
who  are  now  hoping  to  preach  the  Gospel,  should  meet  with  no  unneces- 
sary delay  in  preparation  for  the  sacred  Avork.  An  interruption  already  of 
four  or  five  years  has  interfered  seriously  with  their  studies.  Noav  that 
the  way  is  open  for  a  resumption  of  these  sludie=,  let  not  a  further  inter- 
ruption be  fore  d  upon  them  from  a  want  of  means  to  support  themselves 
at  Co  lege,  or  at  the  Seminary.  But  unless  our  churches  come  up  with  a 
hearty  good  will  to  the  help  of  these  young  men,  this  must  inevitably  be  the 
result.  Years  must  elapse — years  of  comparatively  little  profit  to  themselves, 
or  the  church — before  they  shall  be  able  to  enter  the  minis'ry  ;  if,  indeed, 
many  of  them  shall  not  be  so  discouraged  as  to  abandon  all  thought  of  en- 
tering upon  the  holy  work. 

With  these  thoughts  before  us,  your  committee  would  submit  the  following 
resolutions  : 

Resolved,  1st.  Tiiat  our  present  condition  as  a  Church  demands  special 
attention  to  the  subject  of  ministerial  eduratiou,  both  from  our  Presbyl erics 
and  our  people,  that  worthy  young  men,  desiring  to  enter  the  ministry,  may 
not  lack  the  necessary  means  of  prosecuting  their  studies. 

2d.  That  our  churches  be  urged  to  contribute  to  this  cause  as  God  shall 
prosper  them,  recognizing  the  fact  that  it  is  a  duty  they  owe  to  the  Great 
Head  of  the  Church,  to  assist  tho=e  whom  He  has  chosen  to  the  holy  work 
of  the  ministry,  to  secure  that  intellectual  preparation  necessary  to  efficiency 
in  their  work. 

3d.  That,  while  the  need  of  niiristers  is  great  and  pressing,  Presbyteries 
should  relax  none  of  their  vigilance  in  selecting  those  upon  whom  the 
charities  of  the  church  are  to  be  bestowed.  Let  thim  be  very  careful  on 
this  particular  point.  The  experience  of  the  past  shows  the  necessity  for 
double  diligence  here.  One  unworthy  snbject  ivceiving  aid  from  the  funds  of 
the  church,  may  do  an  injury  to  the  cause  that  scores  of  worthy  lecipienta 
will  not  be  able  to  repair. 

4th.  That  Presbyteries  be  urge!  to  carefulness  in  observing  the  require- 
ments of  our  standards  in  regard  to  education.  Under  present  circumstances, 
there  is  a  strong  temptation  to  depart  from  these  rccjuirements.  Bat  let 
them  be  fully  maintained. 

5th.  That  ministers  and  people  be  urged  to  remember  in  all  their  ap- 
proaches to  the  throne  of  the  heavenly  grace,  that  injunction  of  the  blessed 
Saviour,  "  Pray  ye  the  L  ird  of  the  harve-^t,  that  He  would  send  forth  labor- 
ers into  His  harvest."  Let  parents  dedicate  their  sons  to  the  blessed  work  of 
preaching  Christ  ;  and  let  all  God's  people  seek  out  tho^e  who  may  esteem  it 
a  duty  and  a  privilege  t("  point  sinners  to  "  the  Lamb  ot  God  that  taketh 
away  the  sin  of  the  world." 

In  conclusion,  the  committee  nominate,  as  members  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee for  the  ensuing  year,  the  same  persons  selected  as  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  Publication,  viz : 

Secretary— Rev.  E.  T.  Baird,  D.  D. 

Treasurer — Wm.  F.   Tavlor. 

Members— T.  V.  Moore, 'D  D.,  C.  H.  R«^ad,  D.  D..  M.  D.  Hoge,  D.  D. 
Wm.  Brown,  D.  D.,  W.  H.  White,  P.  F.  Howard,  Roger  Martin,  W.  D. 
Cooke,  James  Gordon. 


368  MIKUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D, 

The  following  resolution  respecting  a  day  of  player  for  the  youth 
of  our  land,  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  General  Assembly  appoiut  the  last  Thursduy  of 
February  as  a  day  to  be  observed  in  special  pi  aver,  on  behalf  of  the  you'h 
of  our  country,  w-thavitw  to  the  increase  of  the  ministry,  and  that  the 
Sabbath  preceding  be  appointed  as  a  da}'  of  special  instruction  from  the 
pulpit  on  that  subject. 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Benevolence  made  a  report  which 
was  accepted  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows  : 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Benevolence,  beg  have  to  report,  that  al- 
most nothing  has  hern  placed  in  their  liands  for  consideration. 

The  Presbytery  rf  Fayetteville  alone  hns  made  a  report,  and  that  nport 
merely  states  that  it  is  believed  that  tl  e  churches  contributed  liberally  du- 
ring the  past  year,  but  their  contributions  became  worthless  by  the  fall  of 
the  Confederacy. 

The  subject  of  Systematic  Benevolence  hss  long  been  felt  1o  be  one  of 
•vital  importance  in  connection  with  the  Kingdom  of  Christ.  The  great 
work  given  to  the  visible  church,  in  its  organized  capacity  is  to  evangelize 
the  na  inns  of  the  earth — to  convert  the  world  that  licth  in  wicljedncss 
— from  Satan  to  Christ — from  sin  to  holiness.  The  irstrumentality  to  be 
usf d  is  the  truth  of  God,  as  revealed  in  the  holy  SMipiure?.  That  truth  is 
to  be  communicated  by  the  dissemination  of  the  Bible — by  the  circulation  of 
religious  'racts  and  books,  and  e?pecially  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  by  the 
living  ministry.  The  oljeot  aimed  at  in  Systematic  Benevolence  i?,  to  bring 
tbe  re.-ourccs  of  the  whole  Church  to  bear  upon  the  grand  and  glorious  en- 
terprize.  The  best  method  of  accomplishing  this,  perl  aps,  r  mains  to  be 
developed.  That  which  seems  to  be  most  needed  now  is  to  have  the  people 
instructed  in  the  grace  of  giving  and  brought  up  to  the  proper  standard  of 
Christian  liberality. 

Tc  this  end  the  committee  recommend  that  the  Presbyteries  be  urged  to  see 
to  it,  that  their  ministers  chligrntly  leach  the  people  thiir  duty  ai:d  their  in- 
terest ton  upon  this  subject.  Thi  y  should  be  made  to  feel  and  to  believe 
that  the  Christian  character  carnot  be  complete  unless  the  grace  of  lihcialily 
is  prominently  elevi  loped,  and  that  the  surest  way  to  secure  food  and  raiment, 
and  the  comforts  f^f  life  for  tlemselves  is  10  seek  first  the  Kingdom  of  God. 
The  Kingdom  of  Christ  first — should  be  inscribed,  as  the  m.tto,  on  every 
heart. 

It  is  suggested  to  the  Editors  of  religious  papers  that  they  keep  this  subject 
constantly  before  their  readers — and  to  the  Committee  of  Publication,  that 
they  issue  as  soon  as  practicable,  a  large  number  of  tracts  aid  small  books, 
upon  the  subje-ct.  suitab'e  for  ea:}'  and  wide-spread  circu'ati<'-n. 

The  committee  further  recommend  that  it  bo  enjoined  upon  'he  church 
sessions  to  adopt  some  plan  by  which  every  member  of  their  congregations 
may  have  an  opportunity  and  be  appealed  to,  whether  poor  or  rich,  young  or 
old,  even  in  these  times  eif  ti  iul,  to  contribute  sometliinsT  to  the  various  objects 
of  benevolence,  which  demand  th'-irbcnefnciions.  Tliat  the  s?'s-ions  report 
to  the  Presbyteries,  and  that  the  I^resbyteries  report  to  the  Assembly  the  plan 
they  have  adopted  and  their  results. 

All  which  is  rcsp'"clfully  submitted. 

JAMES  C.  PATTERSON,   Chairman. 


1865.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  369 

The  Committee  on  Leave  of  Absence  reported  that  they  had 
granted  leave  of  absence  to  B.  H.  Craig-,  after  Saturda}'  evening's 
session,  and  to  Geo.  A.  Caldvvell  and  H.  H.  Jones  from  Monday 
evening". 

The  reading  of  the  Narrative  was  made  the  third  order  of  the  day, 
aft(!r  the  Pastoral  Letter  is  considered. 

The  Committee  on  Domestic  Missions  made  a  report,  which  was 
accepted. 

While  this  report  was  pending-,  the  Assembly  took  a  recess  for 
five  minutes  to  allow  the  members  of  the  Synods  to  consult  re- 
specting the  appointment  of  Commissioners  from  each  Synod  to 
co-operate  M'ith  the  Central  Executive  Committee.  Tliese  commis- 
sioners were  appointed  and  their  names  inserted  in  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  Domestic  Missions,  which  was  then  adopted,  and 
is  as  follows  : 

The  Standing  Commiltre,  to  whom  have  been  r' ferrcd  the  reports  of  the 
Execntive  Committee  of  Domestiv  Missions,  aud  certain  matters  relating  to 
be  pame  general  cau  e,  recoiiim-nd  to  the  General  Assembly  : 

1.  That  the  proceedings  of  the  Ex'^cutive  Committee  since  the  meeting  of 
t'.-.o  las-t  General  Assembly,  and  thtnr  diligence  in  the  prosecution  of  the  work 
assigned  them,  also  the  report  of  the  Trc'asnrer,  oe  npjjroved  ;  and  that  these 
papers  be  published  in  the  appendix  to  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly. 

2.  That  for  the  nfxt  year  the  Executive  Committee  consist  (f  Rev.  Drs. 
George  Howe,  J.  B.Adger,  J.  Ii.  Wilson,  Revs.  A.  W.  MiUci,  and  J.  L. 
Giranlpaa  ;  Prof.  Joseph  LeConie.  Andrew  Crawford,  Henry  Miller,  and 
Pi.  L.  Bt}an,  E-qs.  Th  it  Rev.  .J.  Lf^ighton  Wilson,  D.  D.,  be  the  Secretary, 
and  Rev.  Prof.  James  Woodrow,  Treasnrrr. 

o.  That  the  General  Assembly  rem'nd  the  Executive  Committee  and_  all 
our  minis' ers  and  churches  as  well,  that  the  work  of  Domestic  Missions 
which  has  ever  stood  among  the  Christian  enterpris's  of  our  age  and  country 
as  one  of  unsurpassed  imporlance,  has  wiihin  the'ast  twelve  months  assumed 
a  magnitude  and  an  urgrncy  v/bich  n  quires  a  large  and  instant  incnase  of 
zeal,  energy  and  self-.=ai-rifice.  Never  since  the  planting  of  the  church  on 
thi^  western  continent,  has  a  more  pressing  and  auth'r-tative  call  been  ad- 
dressed to  the  people  of  God  to  arise  and  build  the  walls  and  repair  the 
w.iste  places  of  Zion. 

4.  Tiiat  the  General  Assembly  so'emnlj'  admoni-h  all  our  m'nisters, 
clmrehcs  and  people,  and  do  ei.jo'n  upon  them  not  in  anywise  to  intermit 
their  labors  for  the  re  igious  inslructioa  of  the  colored  people  in  our  land. 
AVliilst  the  change  in  the  le2ral  and  domestic  relations  of  this  class  does  not 
release  the  church  from  its  obligation  to  8(ek  thdr  moral  and  spiritual  wel- 
fare, by  all  the  means  which  it  is  eonipet' nt  to  the  church  to  imploy.  their 
he'plcj's  condition  and  their  gi eat  r  (xposure  to  temptation,  and  leading  to 
vice,  irrelig'on  and  ruin,  both  tempor.d  and  eternal,  which  result  from  that 
change,  n^ake  the  strongest  appeal  to  our  Christian  sympathies  on  their  be- 
hair.in  their  spiritual  destitutions,  and  demand  ol  us.  whether  we  are  office- 
bearers or  private  miembiTs  of  the  church,  redoubled  diligence  in  supplying 
them  with  the  f  aving  o'dinances  of  the  Gospel. 

5.  That  there  be  a  committee  to  prepare  and  submit  to  the  next  General 
Assembly,  for  review  and  approval,  a  practical  scheme  or  plan  f.,r  the  reli- 
yiuus  instruction  (f  t'  e  co'o-ed  people  adapted  to  their  now  altered  civil  and 
social  condition,  and  that  'his  commitlee  be  carnest'y  desired  to  give  to  this 
task  tbeir  best  attention  a-  d  efforts. 


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6.  That  the  General  Assembly  adopt  the  suggestions  of  the  Executive 
Committee  in  relation  to  the  raising  of  a  "  sustentation  fund"  for  the  exist- 
ing exigencies  of  our  churches,  but  assign  the  conduct  of  this  agency  to  the 
Executive  Commit' ce  of  Domestic  Mission?,  a'so  that  a  member  from  each 
Synod  be  appointed  to  co-operate  with  the  general  scheme  set  forth  in  their 
report. 

7.  That  liev.  T.  R.  Welch,  Li itle  Rock,  Arl^ansas,  be  the  commissioner 
from  ihe  Synod  of  Arkansas  ;  Rtv.  R.  Nail,  D.  D.,  Tuskegee.  Ala.,  from 
the  Synod  of  Alabama  ;  Rev.  D.  Wills.  Macon,  iJa.,  from  the  Synod  of 
Georgia  ;  Rev.  J.  O.  S  eadmm,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  from  Memphis;  Rev.  J.  A. 
Lyou,  D.  D.,  Columbus,  Miss.,  fiom  Mississippi  ;  Rev.  W.  P].  Caldwell, 
Palaski,  Tenn.,  from  Nashville;  Rev.  .J.  Rumple,  Salisbury,  N.  C,  from 
North  Carolina  ;  Rev.  S.  A.  King,  Milford,  Texas,  from  Texas;  and  Rev. 
J.  D.  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  Ltnchburg,  Va.,  from  Virg  nia. 

8.  That  the  General  Assembly  order  collections  in  behalf  of  the  sustenta- 
tion fund,  to  be  made  in  all  our  churches  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  February 
next,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable  ;  and  that  the  proceeds  be  forwarded 
immediately  to  the  Trea?urer  of  the  Executive  Conmiitt  e,  Professor  James 
Woodrow,  at  Columbia,  S.  C.  or  to  the  Synodical  Commissioners. 

9.  That  the  General  As-embly  express  their  profound  gratification  at  the 
manifestation  of  Christian  sympathy  and  kindness  on  the  pa't  of  our  brethren 
in  Kentucky,  as  exhibited  in  their  iVaternal  let'er  to  this  body,  and  in  the 
came  of  the  great  Master,  theirs  and  ours,  accept  their  generous  tender  of 
aid  in  ministering  to  the  necessities  of  our  impoverished  churches.  Further 
— that  the  Moderator  of  the  Assembly  address  a  communication  to  these 
brethren,  expressive  of  our  feelings  in  this  regard. 

10.  Tbat  the  General  Assembly  appoint  the  Executive  Committee  O'u* 
agent  for  receiving  and  disbursing  such  aid  as  may  be  forwarded  to  them  by 
the  Kentucky  Boa'^d  of  Aid  for  Southern  Pastor.^,  and  enjoin  upon  the  com- 
mittee promptness  in  distributing  ihe  benefaction  according  to  the  urgency  of 
the  necessities  existing  in  the  various  portions  of  the  country. 

The  Committee  od  Bills  and  Overtures  reported  respecting  the 
relig'ious  education  of  Ihe  colored  people.  This  report  wa»  adopted, 
and  is  as  follows : 

Overture  No.  16. — What  is  the  ourse  to  be  pursued  towards  the  colored 
people  wi'hia  O'n  bounds  ? 

On  this  subject  your  committee  recommend  the  following  action  : 

Whe-eas,  the  colored  people  never  stood  in  any  other  relation  to  the  Church 
tlian  that  of  Iniman  beings  lost  with  us  in  the  fall  of  Adam  ;  and  redeemed 
with  U3  by  the  infinitely  meritorious  death  and  sacrifice  of  i  hrist,  and  par- 
ticipants with  us  in  all  the  benefits  and  blessings  of  the  Gospel ;  and  whereas, 
our  churches,  pistors,  and  people  have  always  lecognz 'd  this  claim  to  Chris- 
tian equality  and  brotherhood,  and  have  rejoiced  to  have  t^iem  associated  in 
Christian  union  and  CO  nmun  on  in  the  public  services  and  precious  sacra- 
ments of  the  snnctuary  : 

Resolved,  1-t,  That  the  abolition  of  .slavery  by  the  civil  and  military  pow- 
c'S,  has  not  altered  the  rela'ion^as  above  defined,  in  which  our  Church  stand,<; 
to  the  colored  people,  nor  in  any  degree  lessened  the  debt  of  love  and  service 
which  we  owe  to  them,  nor  the  interest  with  which  we  would  still  de-ire  to 
be  associated  with  them  in  all  the  })r.vileges  of  our  connnon  Christianity'. 

Ke'olved,  2d,  That  whereas  experience  has  invariably  proved  llie  advan- 
tages of  the  colored  people  and  ihe  white  being  unHed  together  in  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  we  see  no  reason  why  it  should  be  otherwise,  now  that  they  are 
frtcdm'  n  and  not  slaves.     Shoul  l  our  colored  friends  think  it  best  to  separa'e 


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from  u«,  and  organize  themselves  into  distinct  consregaticns  under  white 
^Pastors  and  Elders  for  the  present,  or  under  colored  Elders  and  Pa^^tors  as 
soon  as  God,  in  his  provideKce  shall  raise,  up  men  suitably  q';aiified  for 
those  offices,  this  Church  will  do  all  in  its  power  to  encourage,  foster 
and  assist  them. 

Resolved,  od.  That  the  Piev.  J.  L.  Gh-ardenu,  of  Chaihston  Presbytery, 
IJev.  D.ivid  Wills,  of  Hopewell  Presbytery,  Rev.  H.  C.  Alexander  and  Rtv. 
Al  xander  Martin,  of  Roanoke  Presbjtery,  and  Dr.  J.  L.  Wilson,  be  appoint- 
ed a  committee  to  report  on  this  whole  subject,  and  to  recommend  aciion  to 
the  next  Crc-neral  Assembly. 

Resolved,  4th,  That  the  cnmrnittce  appointed  in  the  above  resolution,  be 
also  the  committee  provided  for  in  the  Report  on  Domestic  Missions. 

The  order  of  the  day,  the  election  of  the  members  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committees,  nominated  yesterday,  was  postponed  to  hear  the 
Pastoral  Letter ;  which  letter  was  then  read  and  unanimously 
adopted* 

It  was  requested  by  tlie  Assembly  that  this  letter  sliail  be  printed 
by  the  religious  papers  of  our  Church,  and  that  the  Committee  of 
Publication  vas  directed  to  furnish  five  thousand  copies  in  pam- 
phlet form  for  circulation,  and  the  letter  was  recommended  to  be 
read  in  all  our    churches  on  the  second  Sabbath  in  February  next. 

The  Rev.  Dr  Ross  obtained  leave  to  enter  the  following  dissent 
on  the  Minutes  : 

'•  I  regret  that  I  must  dissent  from  that  part  of  this  admirab'e  paper, 
which  declares  that  the  Church  has  no  right  to  ojve  its  deUverances  on 
political  questions  arising  either  in  the  Slate  or  Federal  legislatures,  or 
couits  of  justice.  Becaus'?  the  Church  is  two-fuld — the  Church  spiritual, 
and  the  Chm-ch  as  organized. 

"  In  it5  fir?t  idea,  it  is  not  of  this  wor'd.  In  its  second,  it  is  of  the 
world  in  manifold  relations.  For  lUustrat'on  :  it  may  be  united  to  the 
.State,  and  if  rot,  it  may  decide  what  is  the  power  over  it.  (.?ee  Rem  xii  : 
1 — 4.)  And  it  may  declare  when  the  power  has  ceased  to  be  God's  min- 
istry for  good.  The  on'y  limitation  to  its  action  is  Christian  wisdom, 
and  love. 

•'  There  are  two  ideas  on  this  great  and  delicate  subject.  The  commit- 
tee represents  the  one — I  believe  the  other.  I  know,  too,  that  this  General 
A=3emb]y  feels  itself  committed  to  the  position  taken  in  the  Pastoral 
Leltfr. 

"  I  thu?  de=ire  to  express  my  di?sent,  in  a  manner  most  delicate,  from 
the  opinions  of  brethren  I  ?o  highly  honor — while  to  every  thing  else  in 
the  letter  I  give  my  cordial  assent.  F.  A.  ROSS." 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  made  a  Report,  which  was 
adopted,  as  follows  : 

The  committee  to  whoTO  was  referred  the  annual  report  of  the  Executive 
Committee  on  Foreign  Missions,  submit  the  following  report : 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States,  now  met  in  General 
Assembly,  fully  recognise  the  fundaiiental  principle,  that  oar  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  constitufcd  in  this  world  a  Kingdom,  which  is  His  Church,  which 
is  not  of  this  woild,  and  of  wh'ch  He  is  the  only  Head  and  King.  It  is 
limited  by  its  constitution  to  no  particular  territory  or  locality,    nor  con- 

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372  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

fined  to  any  particular  nation  or  State,  but  was  designed  to  be,  and  is,  tae 
Chnrch  of   oil  ages,  and  of  all  rations,  kindred,  tongues  and  peoples. 

To  this  C'Uirch  He  committed  His  word  and  or.linances.  and  commis-' 
^oned  it  to  go  ioto  all  the  woild  and  preafh  the  Go-pel  to  every  creature. 

Accordingly,  we  acknowl>  dge  ourselves  debtor  to  both  the  Greeks  and 
to  the  barbarians,  both  to  the  wise  and  to  the  unwise,  so  a?  much  as  in  us 
lay,  Me  are  ready  to  preach  the  Gosjcl  eve) ywh« re, audio  all  n:eD,  know- 
ing no  differecce  in  our  ministrations  between  the  Jew  and  the  Grefk, 
the  Barbarian  and  Scythian,  the  bond  and  the  free  ;  "  for  the  same  Lord 
over  all  is  rich  unto  all  that  call  upon  Him." 

AVc  acknowledge  that  to  all  tha' believe  in  Him,  there  is  one  L^rd.  one 
faith,  one  baptism,  one  God  aud  Father  of  all,  who  is  in  all,  and  through 
all,  and  over  all. 

We  need  no  other  argument  for  the  work  of  Foreign  Missions,  than  that 
which  sat'slied  the  mind  of  the  great  Apostle  of  the  Gentih  s,  and  the  Church 
in  his  day,  viz  :  "  How  then  shall  they  call  on  Hira  in  whom  they  have  net 
believed  ?  And  how  shall  they  believe  in  Him  of  whom  ihey  have  not 
heaid  ?  Aud  how  shall  they  hrar  without  a  preacher?  And  how  fcha'.l 
they  preach  except  thf^y  be  sent  ?" 

The  Church  of  God  is  one,  and  her  work  is  ore,  whether  at  home  or 
abroad.     Tlerefore. 

Rtsolved,  1st,  That  our  Foreign  Missionary  organization  be  continued, 
and  that  the  P^xecutive  Committee  is  authorised  to  20  forward  with  their 
work,  and  occupy,  as  far  as  2:)racticable,  whatever  openings  may  present 
themselves  in  the  providence  of  God  in  any  part  of  the  world  ;  and  espe- 
cially to  direct  their  attention  to  Africa  as  a  field  of  missionary  labor  pecu- 
liarly appropriate  to  this  Church,  and  with  this  view  to  s(cure  as  scon  as 
practicable  Missionaries  from  among  the  African  race  on  this  continent  who 
may  bear  the  Gospel  of  the  grace  of  God  to  the  homes  of  their  ancestors. 

2d.  To  sustain  and  carry  forward  thi^  work,  this  Assembly  solemnly  and 
earnestly  exhorts  all  our  people  to  make  liberal  contributions  to  this  object, 
according  to  thdr  ability,  to  offer  their  fervent  prayers  for  God's  blessing 
upon  our  efforts,  and  to  consecrate  their  sons  to  the  service  of  Him  wtic 
counted  not  His  own  life  dear  unto  Him,  but  g'adly  gave  it  ap  for  us  all. 

3d.  That  an  opportunitj^  may  be  f-tatcdly  offered  for  special  prayer  tVr 
Foreign  Missions,  this  Assemblj^  recommends  the  observance  of  the  monthly 
concert  of  prayer  in  ali  our  congregations,  and  thit  contributions  be  made  at 
the  same  time  to  this  object , 

4tli.  That  this  Assembly  tendc'S  to  our  Missionarirs  among  the  Indians, 
and  those  among  whom  they  labor,  our  hearty  affection  and  sympathy  in  all 
their  dis're-ses  and  desolations,  and  pledges  the  churches  to  an  earnest  effort 
as  soon  as  practicable,  to  rai.sc  the  amount  stated  by  the  Secretary  to  be 
necessary  to  their  support,  and  the  relief  of  their  present  distress. 

.5th.  That  in  our  Colleges,  Theological  Seminaries,  and  Sunday  Schools, 
this  subject  be  brought  to  the  notice  ot  our  children  and  youth,  and  an  effort 
be  made  to  interest  them  in  behalf  of  this, cause. 

Gth.  That  the  report  of  ihe  Executive  Committee  be  approved  and  printed 
in  the  api^endix  to  the  Minutes,  and  that  our  religious  newspapers  be  re- 
quested to  publ'sh  the  ?ame.  Also,  that  the  Treasurer's  report  be  approved 
and  printed  in  the  appendix  to  the  Minutes. 

The  committee  unite  in  the  nomination  of  the  same  officers  nominated  by 
the  Committee  on  Domestic  Mis;ions. 

The  following:  persons  were  elected  members  of  the  Executive 
Committees  of  Publication  and  Education  : 

Secretary,  Rev.  E.  T,  Baird,  D  D-,  Treasurer,  Wm,  F.  Taylor ;  Com. 


1865.]  GEJSERAL  ASSEMBLY.  373 

mittee,  Rev.  E.  T.  Baivd,  D.  D  ,  Rev.  T,  V.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rev, 
C.  H.  Read,  D.  D  ,  Rev.  M.D.Hoge,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Wm.  Brown,  D.  D., 
Wm.  F.  Taylor,  W.  H.  White,  P.  F.  Howard,  Roger  Martin, 
W.  D.  Cooke  and  James  Gordon. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tees of  Domestic  Missions  and  Foreifjn  Missions  : 

George  Howe,  D.D.,  J.  B.Adger,  b.  D.,  J.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D., 
Rev.  A.  W.  Miller,  Rev.  J.  L.  Girardeau,  Prof.  Joseph  LcConte, 
Andrew  Crawford,  Esq.,  Henry  Muller,  Esq.,  and  R.  L,  Bryan, 
Esq.,  with  J.  Leighton  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  and  Prof.  James 
Woodrow,  Treasurer. 

The  following  persons  were  appointed  Directors  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  Columbia  : 

Andrew  Crawford,  Treasurer.  Ministers-Rev.  John  Douglas,  Rev 
J.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Rev.  J.  Leighton  Wilson,  D  D.,  Rev.  S.  H. 
Hay,  Rev.  E.  P.  Palmer,  Rev.  Rufus  K.  Porter,  Rev.  Wm.  Banks. 
Ruling  Elders — Hon.  T.  C.  Perrin,  Hon.  J.  A..  Inglis,  J.  A.  Ansley, 
Esq. 

The  folloM'ing'  resolutions  were  adopted  respecting  the  endow- 
ments of  Professorships  in  this  Seminary  : 

Resclved,  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  General  Assembly,  it  is  very  im- 
portant that  the  Directors  (  f  the  Theological  Seminaiy  at  Columbia  shall  at 
once  enter  upon  the  work  of  re-endowing  the  Proiessorships  of  that  institution. 

Resolved,  That  the  Churchcs^ind  Presbyteries  be  urged  to  sustain  this 
prime  interest  of  our  Stm  iiary  and  that  their  gifts  and  contributions  be 
prompt  and  liberal. 

Eesolved,  That  the  Assembly  commend  the  promptness  and  zeal  of  the 
Synods  of  Norh  Carolina  and  Virginia,  in  their  effoits  to  resuscitate  Union 
Theological  Seminary  in  its  endowment. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Narrative  was  read  and 
adopted.*' 

The  Rev.  Drs.  J.  N.  Waddell  and  C.  A.  Stillman,  were  added  to 
the  committee  to  report  respecting-  the  religious  instruction  of  the 
colored  population  to  the  next  General  Assembly. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  as  an  addition  to  the  report  of  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Publication,  and  then  the  report  was 
adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  report  of  the  Publication  Com- 
mittee, would  respectfully  report  that  they  have  examined  the  same  with 
care,  and  would  embody  their  views  in  the  following  statements  and  resolutions : 

That  in  view  of  the  great  need  of  rchgions  literature  among  us,  both  for 
Sabbath  schools  and  general  reading;  in  view  of  the  difiSculty  of  publishing 
anything  like  an  adequate  supply  for  some  time  to  come  ;  and  also  in  view 
of  the  advantages  to  be  derived  Irom  a  judicious  selection  of  suitable  books, 
both  in  ihis  country  and  in  Europe,  the  following  resolutions  are  offered  : 

1st.  Resolved,  Thut  the  Publication  Committee  be  r^harged  with  the  duty 
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374  MINUTES  OF  THE  [A.  D. 

of  most  carefullj'  selecting  from  every  available' source,  whether  in  Europe  or 
America,  the  very  best  tracts  and  books  suited  for  Sabbath  schools  and 
general  reading,  and  have  these  books  stamped  with  their  imprimatur,  !>o 
that  they  may  be  known  to  our  people  as  bearing  their  endorsement. 

2d.  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  directed  to  establish  depositories  for 
these  books  at  such  points  as,  in  the  juflgmett  of  the  committee,  may  best 
facilitate  their  circulation.  That  these  books  be  sold  at  a  email  advance  on 
the  cot,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  san^e  be  re-invested  in  other  books  that  may 
be  in  demand. 

3d.  That  an  effort  be  made  to  raise  S50,000  (as  soon  as  practicable)  for  the 
purpose  of  setting  this  scheme  in  operation,  to  supply  the  destitute  with 
books  and  tracts,  and  to  print  such  books  and  tracts  as  may  be  in  special  de- 
mand ;aud  further,  that  annual  collections  be  taken  up  in  all  our  churches 
for  sustaining  this  general  cause. 

4th.  That  the  committee  be  further  instructed  to  rec  mmeace,  as  soon  as 
practicable,  and  under  such  arrangements  as  they  may  think  best,  the  publi- 
cation of  a  newspaper  tor  the  use  of  our  children  and  Sabbath  schools  ;  and 
that  it  be  recommended  to  all  our  churches  and  Sabbath  schools  to  give  this 
paper  as  w  de  a  circulation  as  possible. 

5th.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Assembly  be  tendered  to  Dr.  Leyburn  for  his 
past  and  very  effective  services  as  Secretary,  and  that  Rev.  E.  T.  Baird,  D.  D., 
be  selected  to  fill  that  place. 

The  o'her  members  of  the  committee  elected,  were  : 

Wm.  F.Ta\ lor,  Treasurer  ;  Rev.  T.  V.  Moore,  D.  1)..  Rev.  C.  H.  Read, 
D.  D.,  Rev.  M.  D.  Hoge,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Wm.  Brown,  D.  D.,  Messrs.  W.  H. 
White,  P.  F.  Howard,  Roger  Martin,  W,D.  Cooke,  James  Gordon. 

The  Committee  on  Public  tion  would  further  report,  in  relation  to  the 
letter  of  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Psalmody,  that  the  suggestion 
in  relation  1o  a  new  committee,  be  adopted  in  part,  so  as  to  include  a  part  of 
the  old  in  the  new.  That,  according  to  this  trrangement,  the  following  be 
the  committee,  viz  :  Drs.  T.  V.  Moore,  Moses  Hoge,  C.  H.  Read,  William 
Brown,  J.  L.  Kirkpatrick,  Thos.  Smythe,  J.  D.  xMitchell,  R.  L.  Dabney,  and 
B.  M.  Pnlmer  ;  Rev.  Mes-rs.  Dod  and  J.  L.  Girardeau. 

l^t.  That  this  committee  be  instructed  to  complete  their  work  as  soon  as 
possible,  consistently  with  its  great  importance,  and  report  to  the  next 
Assembly, 

2d.  1  hat  the  paper  pres3nted  to  the  Assembly  by  Mr.  Berry,  be  referred 
to  this  committee. 

3d.  That  this  committee  be  instructed  to  initiate  measures  for  the  compila- 
tion of  suitable  music  for  the  Hymn  Book,  which  will  be  adapted  alike  for 
social  and  public  worship,  and  for  the  use  of  Sabbath  schools 

4  h.  That  the  Committee  on  Psalmody  be  instructed  to  select  from  the 
book  which  they  may  compile,  such  hymns  as  may  be  especially  adapted  to 
the  use  of  Sabbath  Schools,  wh'ch,  with  such  other  hymns  as  the  committee 
may  deem  suitable,  shall  be  printed  in  a  separate  volume. 

The  Assembly  then  adjoiirued  till  half-past  3  o'clock.  Closed 
with  prayer. 


Tuesday  Afternoon,  o|  o'clock. 

The  Assembly  met  and  was  opened  with  prayer. 
On  motion   of  Eev.  Mr.   Walker,    the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 


1865.]  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.  375 

KeFolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Assembly  be  and  are  hereby  tendered  to 
Mr.  James  Miller  for  the  fidelity  and  diligence  with  which  he  has  discharged 
the  duties  of  Treasurer  of  the  committees  of  Educa'ion  and  Publication,  and 
also  to  the  other  members  of  these  committeea  who  have  so  zealously  labored 
to  make  these  institutions  a  blessing  to  our  Zion. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence,  and  the  Judicial 
Committee,  reported  that  no  business  had  come  before  them,  and 
were  discharged. 

The  committee  appointed  last  year  to  report  to  this  Assembly 
on  the  subject  of  Voluntary  Societies  operating  in  our  congrega- 
tions, having  failed  to  make  a  report,  was  continued,  and  directed 
to  report  to  the  next  General  Assembly. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Kirkpatrick,  the  thanks  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly were  returned  to  the  citizens  of  Macon,  to  the  authorities  of 
the  several  churches  ofTeredfor  the  use  of  the  body,  to  the  railroads 
offering  facilities  of  travel  to  members,  and  to  the  public  press  of 
the  city  ;  and  the  pastor  of  the  church  is  requested  to  make  known 
this  resolution  in  such  manner  as  may  be  deemed  best. 

A  motion  was  made  by  Col.  Preston  to  take  up  a  resolution- in 
regard  to  liturgies,  which  had  been  laid  on  the  table  at  the  last 
General  Assembly,  which  motion  was  lost. 

The  Minutes  of  to-day  were  then  read  and  approved. 

It  was  then  moved  and  adopted,  that  this  General  Assembly  be 
dissolved,  and  that  another  General  Assembly  constituted  in  a  sim- 
ilar manner,  be  required  to  meet  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  city  of  Memphis,  on  the  third  Thursday  (l5th)  of  November, 
1866,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Assembly  was  dissolved  accordingly.  Closed  with  singing. 
prayer,  and  the  Apostolic  bencdictiun. 

WILLIAM  BROWN,  ^ 
Permanent  Clerk. 

JOSEPH  R.  WILSON,    Stated  Clerk 


APPEjSDIX. 


-:o:- 


NARRATIVE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  RELIGION. 

THE    GENKKAL    ASSEMBLY    OF    THE    PKESBVTICRIAX    CIIURCII    IX  THE 
UNITED    STATES   TO    THE    CHUUCTIES    UXDEIl   TIIEIU    (ARE   : 

Beloved  Brethren  : — "  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace  from 
God  our  Father,  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ."'  Since  the 
meeting  of  our  last  Assenibl}',  the  clangor  of  war  has  ceased  to  re- 
verberate through  our  beloved  country.  The  black  cloud  -which 
lowered  so  portentou.sly  in  the  political  horizon,  has  burst,  and  left 
behind  it  deplorable  evidences  of  the  tornado  of  which  it  was  the 
harbinger.  To-day,  hovrever,  as  the  supreme  judicatory  of  our 
Church,  we  are  permitted  to  send  you  our  fraternal  and  atfectionate 
salutations  amid  comparative  peace  and  quietude. 

Although  the  untoward  termination  of  the  sanguinary  conflict 
has  blighted  the  hopes  and  disappointed  the  expectations  of  thou-, 
sands,  we  deem  it  our  duty,  as  part  of  the  people  of  (!od,  to  tliank 
and  praise  His  holy  name,  because  the  sword  has  been  sheatlicd, 
and  the  precious  lives  of  multitudes  of  our  valuable  citizens  have 
been  spared. 

Whili^t  we  mourn  over  the  sad  scenes  which  we  arc  compelled  to 
contemplate,  it  is  exceedingly  gratifying  to  cnuraeratt^  some  of  the 
tokens  of  God's  goodness  and  grace  wliich  lie  has  vouchsafed  to  us 
as  a  Church. 

From  the  reports  of  the  Presbyteries  presented  to  the  Assembly, 
we  learn  tliat,  notwithstanding  the  terrible  trials  and  tribulationji 
through  which  our  people  have  passed  ;  notwithstanding  the  la- 
mentable fact  that  some  of  our  churches  have  to  gaze,  with  rivcu 
hearts,  on  the  sanctuaries  ol  the  living  God  demolished,  and  others 
on  their  houses  of  worship  desecrated  and  delapidated,  still  we 
have  much  cause  for  praise  and  gratitude  to  our  covcnantdc(;eping- 
God,  who  has  fulfilled  to  us  the  promise  that  "  though  He  may  visit 
the  iniquities  of  Israel  with  a  rod  and  their  transgressions  with 
stripes,  yet  His  loving  kindness  will  He  not  utterly  take  from  them, 
nor  suffer  His  faithfulness  to  fail." 

We  are  happy  to  inform  you  that  the  reports  from  the  Presbyte- 
ries of  Cherokee,  Montgomery,  Florida,  Fayetteville  and  South 
Alabama,  communicate  the  pleasing  intelligence  that  some  of  their 
churches  have  enjoyed  seasons  of  refreshing  from  the  presence   of 


378  NAKKATivE  OF  THE  [Appendix, 

the  Lord.  And  the  last  named  Presl);ytery  also  reports  that,  at  its 
last  meeting,  two  candidates  for  the  Gospel  ministry  were  taken 
under  its  care.  The  Presbj'ter^'  of  Tuscaloosa,  also,  has  been  most 
signally  blessed  by  a  gracious  and  extensive  revival  in  four  of  its 
churches  ;  the  result  of  which  was  the  reception  of  one  hundred 
members  on  profession  of  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  And 
these  glorious  results  have  been  induced  by  protracted  and  perse- 
vering etforls.  on  the  part  of  Christ's  ministers,  in  the  pulj^it  from 
day  to  day,   and  by  the  fervent  prayers  of  God's  people. 

In  the  important  field  of  Domestic  Missions,  also,  the  laborers 
have  reaped  a  rich  harvest.  In  the  army,  hundreds,  perhaps  thou- 
sands of  gallant  soldiers,  have,  we  trust,  believed  to  the  saving  of 
their  souls,  and  put  on  "  the  whole  armor  of  God,  that  they  may  be 
able  to  withstand  in  the  evil  day." 

It  also  aifords  subject  matter  for  thankfulness,  that,  in  almost  all 
our  churches,  the  people  enjoy  the  inestimable  privilege  of  having 
the  glorious  Gospel  of  God's  dear  Son  statedly  and  faithfully 
preached  ;  that  the  congregations  arc,  very  generally,  large,  atten- 
tive and  interesting  ;  and  that  in  many  places  where  there  have 
been  no  special  manifestations  of  the  influences  of  God's  Spirit, 
many  have,  we  believe,  been  effectually  called,  and  adopted  into 
the  family  of  God. 

Another  indication  of  the  presence  and  power  of  God's  grace  in 
our  midst,  we  derive  from  the  fact  that,  although  the  property  of 
our  people  has  been  devastated,  and  their  homes  desolated,  seve- 
ral of  our  churches  express  a  laudable  determination  to  support 
those  iaithfnl  ministers  of  Christ  who  have  sympathized  with  them 
ill  their  sorrows,  comforted  their  hearts  in  the  dark  night  of  afflic- 
tions, and  jjarticipated  in  their  privations  and  perils.  The  duty  of 
sustaining  the  laborers  in  the  Lord's  vineyard,  wc  would  earnestly 
urge  on  all  our  churciies,  especially  at  the  present  time,  lest,  owing 
to  the  high  price  of  provisions  and  ol  the  other  necessaries  of  life, 
they  may  be  constrained  to  turn  aside  to  secular  avocations,  in 
order  to  obtain  a  comfortable  support  for  their  families,  which  the 
scanty  salaries  they  generally  receive,  as  ministers,  do  not  afford. 
And  should  thc}'  he  compelled,  from  necessity,  to  pursue  other  em- 
ployments, you  well  know  that  their  spirituality  would  be  injured, 
their  })ulpit  ministrations  would  become  less  edifying,  the  piety  of 
our  communicants  would  be  diminished,  and  the  spread  of  the 
Gospel  retarded. 

Several  (;f  the  Preshyterial  reports  present  another  encouraging- 
item.  They  iiiHjrm  us  tiiat  the  youth  of  our  churches  continuo,  regu- 
larly, to  receive  instruction  in  our  Sabl)ath  Schools.  Wc  have 
always  attached  the  seal  of  our  approbation  to  these  institutions, 
and  fully  recognized  their  beneficial  influence  in  the  moral  and  re- 
ligious culture  of  the  young  ;  but,  we  fear,  it  not  unfrequently 
happens  that  parents  depute  to  Sunday  School  teachers  the  import- 
ant duty,  and  di'lightfui  privilege,  which  appertain  to  themselves, 
of  training  up  their  children  "  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the 


A.  D.  1865.]  STATE  or  RELiGioisr.  379 

Lord."  We  would,  therefore,  caution  those  of  you  who  are  heads 
of  families,  against  the  sin  of  violating^  your  baptismal  vow,  by 
substituting- the  teachings  of  the  Sabbath  School  for  that  catecheti- 
cal instruction  and  those  lessons  of  piety  which  should  be  imparted 
by  Christian  parents  to  their  children  in  the  family  circle,  and 
from  the  performance  of  which  no  earthly  institution  can  absolve 
you.  And  we  v/ould  remind  you,  that  our  Church  has  always  re- 
garded and  recommended  tlie  Sliorter  Catechism  of  the  Westminster 
Assembly,  as  a  most  excellent  compend  of  the  fundamental  doc- 
trines of  our  holy  religion. 

In  view  of  tliese  evidences  of  the  gracious  presence  of  Crod  in 
our  Zion,  with  devout  gratitude  we  would  exclaim  :  "  Bless  the 
Lord,  0,  our  souls,  and  all  that  is  within  us,  ble?s  His  holy  name- 
Bless  the  Lord,  0  our  souls,  and  forget  not  all  His  benefits,  who 
forgiveth  all  our  iniquities,  who  healeth  all  our  diseases  I"  But 
there  are  other  facts  related  in  the  Narratives  which  are  well  cal- 
culated to  ^voke  from  the  heart  of  each  of  us  the  lamentation  of 
the  prophet :  "  0  that  my  head  were  waters  and  mine  eyes  a  foun- 
tain of  tears,  that  I  might  weep  day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people!" 

It  causes  surprise  and  sorrow  to  learn  that  so  very  many  of  our 
churches  have  neglected  to  make  any,  even  the  smallest,  contribu- 
tions to  the  support  of  the  committees  which  the  Assembly  has 
elected  to  carry  on  the  benevolent  operations  of  the  Church.  These 
committees  need  additional  funds  to  give  greater  efficiency  to  their 
important  work  ;  and  the  Committee  on  Theological  Seminaries,  at 
the  present  meeting,  reports  the  painful  intelligence  that  "  the 
public  calamities  have  tallen  so  disastrously  on  these  cherished  in- 
stitutions as  to  reduce  their  endowments  to  dimensions  wholly  in- 
adequate to  their  support." 

That  giving  is  a  means  of  grace,  is  a  doctrine  which  lias  long 
been  taught  by  our  Church,  Ixit  it  seems  that  many  of  our  churches 
have  practically  ignored  this  truth,  and  have  forgotten  "  the  words 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Ciirist — tiuit  it  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to 
receive."  It  is  true,  that  the  impoverished  condition  of  our  people 
vviU  not  justify  the  expectation  of  contributions  as  large  and  liber- 
al as  those  which  were  bestowed  in  former  years;  but,  neither  will 
our  present  poverty  warrant  the  manifest  indifference  and  delin- 
quency which  most  of  our  churches  exhibit.  The  degree  of  respon- 
sibility is,  "  according  to  that  a  man  hatlt,  and  not  according  to 
that  a  man  hath  not  ;"  and  on  this  principle  the  contribution  of 
the  tW3  mites  of  tiie  poor  widow  was  lauded  by  our  Lord  above  all 
the  costly  offerings  of  the  affluent. 

We  would  thus  earnestly  impress  on  every  member  of  the  Church, 
the  duty  of  making  self-denjMug  effoi  ts  to  sustain  these  benevolent  en- 
terprises. Until  we  endeavor  to  attain  to  the  measure  of  duty  in 
this  regard,  it  would,  be  presumption  to  expect  that  copious 
showers  of  Divine  grace  shall  be  affused  on  our  churches.  God 
says  :  "  Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  store-house,  tiiat  there  may 


380  NAERATIVE    OF    THE  [AppClldlx, 

be  meat  in  my  house,  and  prove  me  now  lierewith — if  I  will  not 
tipen  you  the  windows  of  heaven  and  pour  you  out  a  blessiug"  that 
there  "shall  not  be  room  enoiigli  to  receive  it." 

We  have  also  to  express  our  deep  sorrow  that  the  vice  of  intem- 
perance, which  so  frequently  cuuses  the  ruiu  of  families,  the  loss 
of  health,  fortune  and  character,  and  the  damnation  of  immortal 
souls,  prevails,  not,  indeed,  among'  our  members,  but  within  the 
bounds  of  several  of  our  congregations  ;  and  that  in  other  parts 
of  our  Zion  there  is  apparent  among  our  communicants  an  apathy 
in  regard  to  spiritual  things,  and  a  sinful  conformity  to  the  plea- 
sures and  fashions  of  the  world,  which  tend  to  obliterate  that 
plain  line  of  demarcation  which  should  ever  exist  between  the 
Church  and  those  who  possess  no  love  for  the  Saviour,  and  make 
no  professions  of  piety. 

In  regard  to  the  instruction  of  the  colored  population,  a  field 
once  so  faithful!}'  cultivated,  and  so  fruitful,  the  reports  narrate  that 
there  is,  of  late,  a  marked  change  in  their  religious  deportment. 
Instead  of  crowding  the  courts  of  the  Lord,  as  formerly,  and  making 
the  churches  resound  with  their  hymns  of  praise,  and  listening 
with  tearful  eyes  to  the  glad  tidings  of  salvation,  comparatively 
but  few  of  them  are  seen  in  the  assemblies  of  the  saints.  This 
change,  it  is  believed,  is  to  be  attributed  to  the  insinuations  of  de- 
signing men,  who,  for  sinister  purposes,  have  sought  to  alienate 
their  affecti(.>ns  from  those  ministers  whom  they  once  delighted  to 
honor,  and  whose  preaching  was  blest  t(;  their  salvation  and  edifi- 
cation ;  and  to  a  Uiisconception  of  the  relations  which  we  sustain 
towards  them  as  a  Church,  and  a  misapprehension  of  the  feelings 
we  entertain  for  them  as  a  people.  We  have,  however,  evidences 
recently,  of  an  improvement  among  them,  and  a  desire  to  seek  the 
good  old  path.s,  and  ag  lin  to  listen  to  the  proclamation  of  the  great 
truths  of  religion. 

But  there  is  another  topic  to  which  we  desire  particularly  to  call 
your  attention.  Most  of  the  uavrativerf  make  the  painful  and  hu- 
miliating statement  that  prayer  meetings  arc  sadly  neglected  iu 
,our  churche.-".  I'rethren,  if  there  ever  was  a  time  in  our  history 
when  faithful,  fervent,  wrestling  prayer  was  needed,  that  time  is 
the  present.  Now,  when  vice  in  its  various  forms  is  rampant  ; 
now,  when  iniidelity  is  raising  its  hydra  head  ;  now,  when  a  spirit 
uf  fanaticism  prevails;  when  v.c  have  melancholy  proof  that  pride, 
covetousness,  worldly-iuindedm^ss  and  Inkewarmness  are  among  the 
sins  of  many  who  profess  to  have  devoted  themselves  to  God  ;  now 
is  the  time  when  it  is  especially  incumbent  on  us  all — ministers 
and  people — to  cry  mightily  to  the  Hearer  of  Prayer,  who  says  to 
us:  "  Call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble  ;  I  will  deliver  thee; 
and  thou  shalt  glorify  me.  Ask  and  yc  shall  receive  ;  seek  and  ye 
:jha!l  find  ;  knock  and  it  shall  he.  opeiu'd  unto  you." 

Our  national  sins  have  aroused  (iod's  wrath,  and  caused  Uim  to 
visit  us  with  sore  national  calamities  and  bereavements.  Instead 
ijf  looking,  as  we  have  reason  to  believe  some  do,  to  human  wisdom 


A.  D.  1865.]  STATE   OF    RELIGION.  381 

and  an  arm  of  flesh  for  our  deliverance,  let  us  recognize  Jehovah  as 
the  King  of  Nations  as  well  as  King  of  Saints.  Let  us  cordially 
acquiesce  in  the  dispensations  of  his  inscrutable  Providence,  re- 
membering that  His  divine  supervision  extenda  over  peoples  and 
nations,  and  that  His  all-seeing  eye  beholds,  and  His  omnipotent 
arm  over-rules,  for  His  own  glory  and  their  good,  the  most  minute 
events  in  the  lives  of  His  saints.  "  The  hairs  of  your  head  are  all 
numbered."  We  exhort  you,  therefore,  brethren,  to  humble  your- 
selves under  the  mighty  hand  of  God,  and  with  contrition  confess 
that  *' He  has  punished  us  less  than  our  iniquities  deserve."  If, 
with  meekness  and  penitence  we  confess  our  sins,  we  have  the 
sweet  assurances  of  God's  word,  that  incalculable  temporal  benefits 
and  ineffable  spiritual  blessings  shall  be  granted  to  us  as  a  nation 
and  as  a  Church.  "  Therefore  also  now,  saith  the  Lord,  turn  ye 
even  unto  me  with  all  your  heart,  and  with  fasting,  and  with  weep- 
ing, and  with  mourning  :  And  rend  your  heart,  and  not  your  gar- 
ments, and  turn  unto  the  Lord  your  God  :  for  He  is  gracious  and 
merciful,  slow  to  anger  and  of  great  kindness,  and  repenteth  Him 
of  the  evil.  Who  knoweth  if  He  will  return  and  repent,  and  leave 
a  blessing  behind  Him  ;  even  a  meat  offering  and  a  drink  offering 
unto  the  Lord  your  God.  Gather  the  people,  sanctify  the  con- 
gregation, assemble  the  elders,  gather  the  children.  Let  the 
priests,  the  ministers  of  the  Lord,  weep  between  tlie  porch  and  the 
altar,  and  let  them  say,  spare  thy  people,  0  Lord,  and  give  not 
thine  heritage  to  reproach,  that  the  heathen  should  rule  over  them; 
wherefore  should  they  say  among  the  people,  where  is  their  God  ? 
Then  will  the  Lord  be  jealous  for  His  laud,  and  pity  His  people. 
Yea,  the  Lord  will  answer  and  say  unto  His  people,  Behold  I  will 
send  you  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  ye  shall  be  satisfied  there- 
with: and  I  will  no  more  make  you  a  reproach  among  the  heathen. 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward,  that  I  will  pour  out  my 
Spirit  upon  all  flesh,  and  your  sons  and  your  daughters  shall 
prophesy,  your  old  men  shall  dream  dreams,  and  your  young  men 
shall  see  visions.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  whosoever  shall 
call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord,  shall  b3  delivered;  for  in  Mount 
Zion  ^nd  Jerusalem  shall  be  deliverance.  Fear  not,  0  Jacob, 
my  servant  ;  and  thou,  Jerusalem,  whom  I  have  chosen.  For  I 
will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry 
ground  ;  I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing 
uptjn  th}'  offspring,  and  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the  grass,  as 
willows  among  the  water  courses." 

"  Now,  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again  from  the  dead  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  through  the 
blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant,  make  you  perfect  in  every  good 
work  to  do  His  will,  working  in  you  that  which  is  well  pleasing  in 
His  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ,  to  whom  be  glory  forever  and 
ever." 

GEO.  HOWE, 

Moderator. 


382  PASTORAL  LETTER.  [Appendix, 


A  PASTOKAL  LETTER  FROM  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 
TO  THE  CHURCHES  UNDER  THEIR  CARE. 

Beloved  Brethren  in  the  Lord  : — Such  were  tlie  convulsions  of 
the  country  and  interruptions  of  travel  last  Spring',  that  a  meeting 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  our  Church  at  the  time  appointed,  was 
impracticable.  It  has  been  now  convened  under  circumstances 
of  peculiar  interest,  involving  the  gravest  responsibility.  From 
this  fact  arises  the  special  duty  of  addressing  a  pastoral  letter 
to  the  churches  under  our  care,  by  which  they  may  be  the  more 
comfortably  re-assured  concerning  various  points  of  great  impor- 
tance connected  with  our  position,  and  be  counselled  in  faithful 
love  concerning  the  solemn  obligations  resting  upon  them. 

That  these  weighty  matters  may  be  the  more  distinctly  set  in 
order  before  you,  let  the  following  points,  concisely  presented,  be 
brought  under  your  prayerful  consideration  : 

I.  Our  Relation  to  the  Civil  Governments  of  the  Country. — 
The  storm  of  war  has,  during  the  four  years  past,  swept  over 
nearly  every  part  of  our  bounds  ;  a  war  so  vast  in  its  proportions, 
so  bitter  in  its  animositieri,  so  desolating  in  its  effects,  as  to  make 
it  an  astonishment  to  the  nations.  Its  sacrifices  in  treasure  and  in 
blood,  its  public  losses  and  private  griefs,  swell  beyond  all  calcula- 
tion. As  to  its  particular  causes,  or  upon  which  party  rests  the 
blame,  chiefly  or  wholly — these  are  questions  which  the  Church  of 
Christ  has  no  commission  to  decide.  Beyond  a  doubt,  however,  its 
great  root  is  to  be  found  in  those  lusts  which  war  in  the  members . 
Of  these  it  becomes  us  to  own  our  full  share,  and  because  of  them 
to  humble  ourselves  under  the  mighty  hand  of  God. 

During  the  prevalence  of  this  war,  "  the  higher  powers"  actual- 
ly bearing  rule  over  most  of  our  bounds,  and  to  which  under  the 
word  of  God  we  were  required  to  be  "  subject,"  were  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  Confederate  States,  and  those  of  the  fieveral  States 
constituting  it.  By  the  event  of  the  war,  the  first  has  been  over- 
thrown, and  the  second,  as  constituents  thereof,  are  changed.  The 
"  higher  powers,"  now  bearing  rule  over  us,  are  confessedly  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  and  those  existing  in  the  States 
wherein  we  reside.  The  rightfulness  of  these  several  authorities, 
or  to  which  of  them  the  allegiance  of  our  people,  as  citizens,  was, 
or  is  primarily  due,  are  matters  upon  which  a  judicatory  of  the 
Church  has  no  right  to  pronounce  judgment.  The  relation  of  the 
Church  of  Ch'-ist  to  civil  governments  is  not  one  dejure  but  de  facto. 
As  right  and  good,  or  wrong  and  wicked,  they  rise  and  fall  by  the 
agency  or  permission  of  God's  providence.  In  either  case,  the  at- 
titude of  the  Church  towards  them  is  essentially  the  same.  As 
long  as  they  stand  and  are  acknowledged,  obedience  is  to  be  en- 
joined as  a  duty,  factious  resistance  condemned  as  a  sin.  But  in 
regard  to  conflicts  between  existing  governments,  or  as  to  move- 
inentg  in  society,  peaceful  or  otherwise,  to  effect  political  changes, 


A.  D.  1865.]  PASTOEAL  LETTEK,  383 

the  Church  as  such  has  no  more  control  over  them,  than  it  has  over 
the  polls  of  the  countr}^  If  it  has  authority  to  uphold  on  the  one 
side,  it  has  equal  power  to  condemn  on  the  other  ;  if  to  suppress 
a  political  movement,  theis  also  to  instigate  it.  In  truth  it  has 
neither  ;  and  to  assert  the  contrary  is  to  corrupt  the  Church  in  its 
principles,  forever  embroil  it  with  the  strifes  of  the  world,  and 
plunge  it  headlong-  into  ruin. 

Under  these  views,  and  considering  the  extraordinary  conflict 
through  which  the  country  has  passed,  as  well  as  the  extraordinary 
circumstances  in  which  it  is  now  placed,  it  is  incumbent  upon  us  to 
exhort  you,  brethren,  to  "  obey  them  that  have  the  rule  over  you, 
and  submit  yourselves."  Fulfil  with  scrupulous  fidelity  all  your 
obligations  to  the  governments  of  the  land  ;  remembering  the  duty 
of  this  compliance,  "  not  only  for  wrath,  but  also  for  conscience 
sake."  "  For  so  is  the  will  ot  God,  that  with  well  doing  ye  may 
put  to  silence  the  ignorance  of  foolish  men," 

II.  Our  Relation  to  the  Church. — It  is  not  necessary  we  should 
here  minutely  define  the  nature  of  the  Church.  It  is  enough  to 
say  that  it  is  a  kingdom,  though  in  the  world  yet  not  of  it ;  that 
it  is  a  body  of  which  Christ  is  the  sole  Head;  purchased  by  His 
blood,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  merit,  and  renewed  by  His  Spirit, 
to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  power  ;  and  that  it  is  united  to  Him 
by  the  bond  of  faith.  From  this  living  Head  the  members  re- 
ceive all  their  vitality,  control  and  protection.  It  is  therefore  a 
spiritual  body.  Its  sole  commission  is  to  preach  the  Gospel  to 
every  creature,  and  it  is  called  to  that  holy  living  which  the 
gospel  enforces. 

It  follows  from  this,  according  to  the  admirable  statement  of 
our  Confession  of  Faith,  chap.  31,  sec.  4,  that — "Synods  and  Coun- 
cils are  to  handle  or  conclude  nothing  but  that  which  is  ecclesiasti- 
cal ;  and  are  not  to  intermeddle  with  civil  affairs,  which  concern 
the  Commonwealth,  unless  by  way  of  humble  petition  in  cases  ex- 
traordinary, or  by  way  of  advice,  for  satisfaction  of  conscience,  if 
they  be  thereunto  required  by  the  civil  magistrate." 

It  is  equally  clear  from  this  and  from  what  was  before  observed, 
that  the  civil  magistrate  or  military  ruler  has  not  the  shadow  of  a 
right  to  restrain  the  freedom  of  the  Church,  by  excluding  its  own 
chosen  pastors  and  imposing  others,  or  closing  its  houses  cf  wor- 
ship, or  visiting  pains  and  penalties  upon  its  ministers  or  members, 
for  using  the  privilege  of  worship. 

How  often  both  of  these  great  principles  have  been  trampled  into 
the  dust  within  a  tew  years  past,  melancholy  facts  most  fully  attest. 
Of  all  such  utter  confusion  of  the  things  of  Caesar  with  the  things 
of  God,  it  becomes  our  people  to  beware,  and  against  it  faithfully 
to  bear  witness. 

The  events  passing  before  us  bring  np  with  fresh  power  the  im- 
portance of  keeping  in  mind  this  very  point,  this  vital  truth,  that 
the  Church  of  Christ  is  indeed  a  Hjnrilual  kingdom,  and  is  therefore 
like  Mount  Zion.  that  abideth  forever.     The  Church  is  safe  through 


384  PASTORAL  LETTER.  [Appendix, 

the  deluge,  but  only  in  her  ark,  not  in  the  ark  of  the  State.  It  in 
owing  to  this  fact,  and  to  this  only,  that  she  can  ride  out  the  storms 
that  leave  the  shores  of  this  world  strewn  with  the  wreck  of 
everything  which  the  hand  of  man  has  constructed. 

But  it  is  our  desir(>,  brethren,  to  counsel  you  at  present  concern- 
ing the  special  relation  you  sustain  to  this  part  of  the  Church  with 
which  you  are  more  immediately  connected.  Four  years  ago  we 
were  constrained  to  organize  a  separate  General  Assembly.  This 
was  done  because  of  an  attempt  by  a  part  of  the  Church  to  im- 
pose a  yoke  upon  our  consciences,  "  which  neither  we  nor  our 
fathers  were  able  to  bear."  Our  testimony  upon  this  and  other 
points  of  great  interest,  is  before  the  Christian  Churches  of  the 
world,  in  the  address  made  to  them  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
1861  ;  and  if  any  schism  e.xists,  we  are  willing  the  impartial  judg- 
ment of  men  should  be  passed  upon  the  question,  as  to  where  the 
sin  of  it  lies.  This  organization  was  formed  out  of  elements  among 
the  oldest  in  the  history  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this  coun- 
try. It  carries  with  it  nearly  one-third  of  the  whole  original 
Cliurch.  It  includes  a  territory  of  twelve  States.  It  embraces 
ten  Synods,  forty-six  Presbyteries,  one  thousand  ministers,  and 
about  seventy  thousand  church  members,  and  was  effected  and  has 
been  continuod  with  a  unanimity  which  has  hardly  a  parallel  in 
the  history  of  such  movements.  It  was  not  made  to  subserve  any 
political  or  secular  interest  whatsoever.  The  reasons  for  its  contin- 
uance not  only  remain  as  conclusive  as  at  first,  but  have  been  exceed- 
ingly strengthened  by  events  of  public  notoriety,  occurring  each 
succeeding  year. 

It  may  be  proper  at  this  point  to  declare  concerning  other  churches 
in  the  most  explicit  manner,  that,  in  the  true  idea  of  "the  communion 
of  saints,"  we  would  willingly  hold  fellowship  with  all  who  love  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity ;  and  especially  do  we  signify  to  all 
bodies,  ministers,  and  people  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  struggling 
to  maintain  the  true  principles  of  the  same  time-honored  Confession, 
our  desire  to  establish  the  most  intimate  relations  with  them  which 
may  be  found  mutually  edifying  and  for  the  glory  of  God. 

But,  whilst  earnestly  exhorting  j^ou  to  walk  in  love  towards  all 
your  feUow-Christians,  peculiar  circumstances,  well  known,  make  it 
our  plain  duty  tc  pnt  you  on  your  guard  against  attempts  to  disturb 
and  divide  your  congregations.  We  are  a  branch  of  the  Church  as 
complete  in  our  organizaticm,  as  thoroughly  distinct  and  harmoni- 
ous, and  as  secure  in  our  prospects  as  any  other  in  the  land.  Ap- 
preciating this  fact,  we  are  sure  common  self-respect,  to  say  no- 
thing of  a  jealous  care  for  the  honor  of  your  Church  will  repel  all 
unworthy  attempts  of  men  who  may  lie  in  wait  to  deceive,  and  to 
cause  you  to  fall  from  your  own  steadfastness. 

III.  Our  Relationn  to  the  Negro  rojndation. — The  extraordi- 
nary circumstances  iu  which,  by  recent  events,  this  people  arc 
now  placed,  and  our  relations  to  them  is  a  subject  too  immense 


A.  D,  1865.]  PASTOKAL    LiTTElt.  385 

to  be  passed  over  in  silence.  Tlia  former  relation  between  our 
citizens  and  most  of  this  population,  was  that  of  master  and 
servant.  The  adaress  of  our  General  i^ssembly  before  referred  to, 
contains  the  only  full,  unambiguous,  and  deliberate,  and  authorita- 
tive exposition  of  our  views  in  regard  to  tin's  matter.  We  here 
rc-affirm  lis  whole  doctrine  to  be  that  of  Scripture  and  reason. 
It  is  the  old  doctrine  of  the  Church,  and  the  only  one  which 
keeps  its  foundations  secure.  That  address  contains,  among  other 
Btatements,  the  following  : 

"  We  would  have  it  distinctly  understood  that  in  our  ecclesiasti- 
cal capacity',  we  are  neither  tlie  friends  nor  the  foes  of  slavery  ; 
tliat  is  to  say,  we  have  no  commission  either  to  propagates  oi  abolish 
it.  The  policy  of  its  existence,  or  non-existence,  is  a  question 
which  exclusively  belongs  to  the  State.  We  have  no  right,  as  a 
Church,  to  enjoin  it  as  a  duty  or  condemn  it  as  a  sin.  Our 
business  is  with  the  duties  which  spring  from  the  relation  ;  the 
duties  of  the  masters  on  the  one  hand,  and  of  their  slaves  on  the 
other.  These  duties  we  are  to  proclaim  and  enforce  with  spiritual 
sanctions.  The  social,  civil,  political  problems  connected  with 
this  great  subject  transcend  .our  sphere,  as  God  has  not  entrusted 
to  His  Church  the  organization  of  society,  the  construction  of 
government,  nor  the  allotment  of  individuals  to  their  various 
stations.  The  Church  has  as  much  right  to  preach  to  the  monarch- 
ies of  Europe,  and  the  despotisms  of  Asia,  the  doctrines  of 
"republican  equality,  as  to  preach  to  the  governments  of  the  South 
the   extirpation  of  s'avery." 

This  relation  is  now  overthrown,  suddenly  and  violently  ;  whether 
justly  or  uujustl}',  in  wrath  or  in  mercy,  for  weal  or  for  woe,  let 
iiistory  and  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  decide.  But  there  are  two 
considerations  of  vital  interest  which  still  remain. 

One  is.  that  while  the  existence  of  slavery  may,  in  its  civil  aspects, 
be  regarded  as  a  settled  question,  an  issue  now  gone,  yet  the  law- 
fulness of  the  relation  as  a  question  of  social  mo-alit}-,  and  of  scrip- 
tural truth,  has  lost  nothing  of  its  importance.  When  we  solemnly 
declare  to  you,  brethren,  that  the  dogma  which  asserts  the  inhe- 
icnt  sinfulness  of  this  relation  is  unscriptural  and  fanatical  ;  that  it 
:.«  condemned  not  only  by  the  word  of  God,  but  by  the  voice  of  the 
church  in  all  ages  ;  that  it  is  one  of  the  most  pernicious  heresies  of 
iiiuderu  times  ;  that  its  countenance  by  any  church,  is  a  just  cause 
of  separaiion  from  it,  (1  Tim.  6,  1 — 5)  we  have  surely  said  enough 
to  warn  you  away  from  this  insidious  error,  as  from  a  fatal  shore. 

Whatever  therefore  we  may  have  to  lament  before  God,  either 
for  neglect  of  duty  or  for  actual  wrong  towards  our  servants,  while 
the  relation  lasted,  we  are  not  called,  now  that  it  has  been  abolished, 
t)  bow  the  head  in  humiliation  before  men,  or  admit  that  the  memo- 
ry of  many  of  our  dear  kindred  is  to  be  covered  with  shame  because, 
h"ke  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  they  had  bond-servants  born  in  their 
liouse,  or  bought  with' their  money  ;  and  wlio  now,  redeemed  by  the 
same  precious  blood,  sit  down  together  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

The  other  consideration  connected  with  this  subject  is  thepresent 


386  PASTOi'.AL  LETTER.  [Appendix, 

condition  of  this  people.  We  may  righteously  protest  that  with 
their  wretchedness,  already  incalculably  great,  that  with  their 
prospects,  to  human  view  dismal  as  the  grave,  our  church  is  not 
chargeable  ;  that  it  may  hold  up  its  hands  before  heaven  and  earth, 
washed  of  the  tremendous  responsibility  involved  in  this  change  in 
the  condition  of  nearly  four  million  of  bond-servants,  and  for  which  it 
has  hitherto  been  generally  conceded  thej'  were  unprepared. 

But  in  this  dispensation  of  Providence  which  lias  befallen  the  ne- 
groes of  the  Southern  States,  and  mainly  without  their  agency,  your 
obligations  to  promote  their  welfare,  though  diminished,  have  not 
ceased.  Debtors  before  to  them  when  bound,  you  are  still  debtors 
to  them  free.  You  are  bound  to  them  not  only  by  the  ties  of  a 
common  nature,  a  common  sin,  but  a  common  redemption  also. 
They  have  grown  up  around  and  in  your  households,  have  toiled  for 
your  benefit,  ministered  to  j'our  comforts  and  wants,  and  have  often 
tenderly,  faithfully  nursed  you  in  sickness.  Tliey  are  still  around 
your  doors,  in  the  bosom  of  your  community.  Many  of  them  are 
your  fellow-heirs  of  salvation.  Together  with  you,  they  all  need 
it  ;  greatl}^  need  it  for  time — for  eternity.  We  are  persuaded  you 
will  not  turn  away  from  them  in  this  day  of  their  imagined 
millenium — we  fear  of  terrible  calamity.  Do  all  you  can  for  their 
best  welfare,  and  do  it  quickly,  for  they  already  begin  to  pass 
rapidly  away.  "  By  pureness,  by  knowledg-e,  by  long-  suffering-, 
by  kindness,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  by  love  unfeigned,  by  the  word 
of  God,  by  the  armor  of  righteousness  on  the  right  hand  and  on 
the  left,  by  honor  and  dishonor,  by  evil  report  and  .s^ood  report," 
let  it  be  shown  to  all  men  that  nothing  shall  withdraw  the  sympathy 
of  your  heart  or  the  labor  of  your  hand  from  a  work  which  must  of 
necessity  and  ever  rest  chiefly  upon  those  who  dwell  in  the  land,  not 
upon  the  strangers  whu  visit  it.  If  their  condition  is  made  better,  if 
souls  are  plucked  as  brands  from  the  burning,  you  will  have  the 
comfort  of  knowing  that  you  were,  under  God,  instrumental  in  such 
happy  results.  Should  our  worst  fears  be  realized,  and  their  doom 
be  sealed,  you  will  have  a  pure  conscience  at  the  bar  of  the  final 
Judge. 

We  have  thought  it  important  to  restate  the  general  principles 
here  presented,  not  because  your  faithful  devotion  to  them  isdoubt- 
ed,  but  because,  as  those  who  watch  for  your  souls,  we  "  would  not 
be  negligent,  putting  you  always  in  remembrance  of  these  things, 
though  you  know  them,  and  be  established  in  the  present  truth,"  and 
because,  to  the  reproach  of  religion  in  many  places,  thej'' have  sunk 
out  of  view,  and  the  Church  of  God  has  been  thereby  brought  into 
perilous  times 

Bear  with  us  now  while  we  would,  in  faithful  love,  coun.sel 
you  concerning  the  solemn  responsibilities  resting  upon  you. 

Think,  first,  of  the  magnitude  of  the  work  tlnoum  upon  our 
hands. 

We  find  ourselves  with  our  two  theological  seminaries  much 
shattered  in  their  resources.     Most  of  our  colleges    are   financially 


A.  D.  1865.]         PASTOKAL  LETTER.  387 

disabled,  many  almost  ruined.  Many  of  our  houses  of  worship  arc 
despoiled  or  laid  in  ashes,  our  people  impoverished,  our  ministers 
scantily  supported.  We  are  indeed  deeply  afflicted.  But  shall  we 
therefore  draw  back,  sink  down  into  despair,  leave  our  beloved 
Church  to  sit  in  sackcloth,  and  gross  darkness  to  cover  the  people? 
Every  heart  cries  out — "  This  must  never  be  I"  On  the  contrary, 
our  Church  must  invigorate  and  extend  all  her  present  schemes  of 
action,  as  well  as  embrace  new  ones  as  they  offer  themselves.  ■  If 
so,  then  she  must  address  herself  to  this  work  with  an  energy 
she  has  never  yet  known.  But  how  shall  she  be  strengthened  for 
it  .'  Allow  us,  in  a  few  words,  to  remind  you  of  old,  well-tried 
principles;  for  our  rules  and  plans  need  keeping  rather  than 
mending,  and  there  is  ample  room  prepared  within  the  scope  of 
our  cherished  schemes,  for  bringing  out  of  the  grave  an  untold 
treasure  of  buried  talent,  and  making  it  useful  in  the  Master's 
cause.     To  effect  this, 

We  must  have  a  supreme  consecration  to  God.  "Ye  are  not 
3'oar  own,  ye  are  bought  with  a  price,"  must  be  engraven  more 
deeply  upon  our  hearts.  The  great  practical  drawback  in  the 
Church  is  not  that  the  consecration  of  its  members  is  insincere, 
but  that  it  is  not  habitually  supreme.  It  does  not  subordinate 
everything  else  to  the  cause  of  Christ.  Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that 
%\\Q  aim  of  life  is  so  earthly,  and  the  work  of  life  so  feebly 
grasped  ?  If  ever  ourZion  shall  arise  and  shine,  it  will  be  under 
the  light  of  a  people  intensely,  constantly  devoted  to  doirgthe  will 
of  God.  "  Wherefore  we  beseech  you,  brethren,  by  the  mercies  of 
God,  that  ye  present  3'our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice,  holy,  accepta- 
ble unto  God,  which  is  your  reasonable  service.'' 

Remember  that  there  is  Work  for  All. — One  infallible  sign  of  a 
redeemed  heart  is  a  desire  to  know  and  obey  God.  Its  very  birth- 
cry  is:  "Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  mo  to  do  ?"  When  you  be- 
came members  of  the  church,  from  the  very  nature  of  the  transac- 
tion, some  of  its  interest  was  transferred  to  your  keeping  ;  you  as- 
sumed a  part  of  its  responsibility.  In  your  profession  you  identi- 
fied yourself  with  the  Lord  Jesus,  with  his  cause  and  kingdom. 

Is  this,  however,  a  deep,  or  a  very  general  impression  ?  Is  it  not 
manifest  that  multitudes  come  into  the  Church  with  the  feeblest 
conviction  of  duty  in  view  ?  They  seem  hardh^  to  know  or  to  care 
whether  the  Master  has  done  sucii  a  thing  as  to  give  to  "  every 
man  his  own  work."  ^Ve  entreat  you  to  remember  that  He  has 
omitted  none  of  His  servants  in  the  great  command,  "occupy  till 
I  come."  And  it  is  only  when  in  Him  the  whole  body  is  fitly 
framed  together,  and  compacted  by  that  which  every  joint  supplieth, 
according  to  the  effectual  working  in  the  measure  of  every  part, 
that  it  maketh  increase  to  the  edifying  of  itself  in  love. 

If,  then,  contemplating  the  magnitude  of  our  work,  we  shall  con- 
secrate ourselves  supremely  to  Him  who  gave  himself  for  us,  and 
then  remember  that  there  is  a  work  for  all  to  do,  whiit  will  be  the 
result  ? 


388  PASTOEAL,  LETTER.  [Appcndix, 

The  treasur}'  of  the  Lord  will  be  full,  Tliero  will  be  such  an 
outpouring  by  our  people  as  has  never  been  known  in  ouv  history. 
"  All  experience  shows  that  the  Church  has  never  been  replenished 
in  her  operations  by  the  ample  bounty  of  a  few  men,  so  much  as 
by  the  collected  mites  of  her  innumerable  poor  disciples."  In  thi.s. 
as  in  other  respects,  the  history  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  is 
full  of  instruction  for  us.  Are  we  poor  ?  So  were  they.  But 
nobly  did  they  bear  out  with  them,  not  only  their  grand  testimony 
to  the  supremo  Fleadship  of  Christ  as  King-  in  Zion,  but  tlie  burden 
also  of  sustaining  every  scheme  of  benevolence  necessary  to  the 
complete  equipment  of  their  organization.  Are  we  afflicted  as  well 
as  poor  ?  ,So  were  the  churches  in  Macedonia  ;  yet,  "  in  the  great 
trial  of  their  affliction,  their  deep  poverty  abounded  unto  the  riches 
of  their  liberality."  Let  but  tin's  spirit  thoroughly  pervade  our 
people,  and  what  shall  we  sooii  witness  ?  You  will  educate  your 
ministry,  and  then  ampl}'^  support  them  ;  and  to  do  this  you  will 
give  a  generous  support  to  your  colleges  and  theological  seminaries. 
You  will  supply  your  people  with  the  printed  truth  in  every  proper 
form  of  it,  and  therefore  you  will  give  them  the  Bible,  the  tract, 
and  the  religious  volume.  You  will  plant  churches  where  they  are 
needed  ;  you  will  push  church  enterprise  into  every  accessible  part 
of  the  land.  The  Holy  Spirit  will  be  poured  out  from  on  high. 
Our  desolations  shall  be  repaired,  until  "  streams  shall  break  out- 
in  the  desert,  and  the  wilderness  shall  blossom  as  the  rose  '' 

And  now,  brethren,  "  whatsoever  things  are  true,  whatsoever 
things  are  honest,  whatsoever  things  are  just,  whatsoever  things 
are  pure,  whatsoever  things  are  lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of 
good  report  ;  if  there  be  any  virtue,  and  if  there  be  any  praise, 
think  on  these  things."  '"  Con.sider  what  we  say,  and  the  Lord  give 
you  understanding  in  all  things."  Strive  to  '■  stand  complete  in 
,  all  the  will  of  G(jd."  Strive  to  be  "  living  epistles  known  and 
read  of  all  men."  Serve  the  Lord  in  cheerfulness,  llefrain  from 
murmuring  ;  pray  for  a  meek  and  submissive  spirit.  Desire  more 
that  your  trials  should  be  sanctified  than  removed.  So  forgive 
your  enemies  that  you  may  be  able  to  "  lift  up  holy  hands  without 
wrath  or  doubting."  Be  humble,  watchful,  praj-erful  and  useful. 
Do  all  in  your  power  to  minister  to  the  comfort  of  those  who  minis- 
ter to  you  in  holy  things.  Try  to  do  good  in  a  Saviour's  church 
and  a  world  of  sin.  Let  piety  be  shown  at  home  ;  let  the  Holy 
Sabbath  be  indeed  a  da^  for  Grod,  and  let  your  cidldren  be  trained 
up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  Live  daily  near  to 
the  Cross  of  the  Saviour,  and  then  will  all  these  fruitsof  righteous- 
ness abound  through  Jesus  Christ,  to  the  praise  of  the  glory  of  his 
grace. 

You  have  been  called  to  pass  through  deep  waters;  you  have 
had  sorrow  upon  sorrow.  It  was  the  })ath  your  Saviour  trod,  and 
He  will  grant  you  in  it  Ihe  comfort  of  His  love,  and  the  fellowship 
of  His  Spirit.  Some  of  our  dear  brethren  in  Christ,  and  some  of 
them  in  the  ministry,  have  had  cruel    mockings    and   scourginga, 


A.  D,  1865.]  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS.  389 

have  suffered  stripes  and  imprisonments,  and  the  loss  of  all  things. 
Our  prayer  has  been  with  you  in  3'our  calamiiy.  Cast  your  burden 
on  the  Lord,  and  He  will  sustain  you.  Remember  that  the  Church 
of  God  has  often  passed  through  the  heated  turnace,  but  the  form 
of  the  Son  of  God  has  been  seen  with  her,  and  she  is  still  uncon- 
sumed.  "The  bush" — said  Rutherford,  thatgreat  light  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland — "  the  bush  has  been  burning  these  four 
thousand  years,  but  no  man  hath  seen  the  ashes  of  that  fire  to  this 
day."  Be  faithful  unto  death.  Very  soon  will  all  these  troubles 
end,  and  your  home  bs  reached,  into  which  no  enemy  shall  ever 
enter,  and  from  which  no  friend  shall  ever  depart. 

We  desire  to  tell  you,  dear  bretliren,  and  with  thankful,  joyful 
hearts,  how  good  we  have  felt  it  to  be  here.  We  have  taken  sweet 
counsel  together,  and  gone  to  the  house  of  God  in  company.  We 
are  in  peace  and  love  one  with  another.  No  strife  distracts  our 
beloved  Zion.  We  depart  to  our  homes  thanking  God  and  taking 
courage,  resolved  to  stand  in  our  lot  and  labor  with  a  more  unre- 
fie?'ved  devotion  for  the  upbuilding  of  that  only  Kingdom  which 
cannot  be  moved. 

Receive  these  words  of  instruction  and  exhortation,  which  in  the 
fulness  of  our  hearts  we  send  to  you,  greeting. 

"  And  now,  brethren,  we  commend  you  to  God,  and  to  the  word 
of  His  grace  which  is  able  to  build  you  up,  and  to  give  you  an  in- 
heritance among  all  them  that  are  sanctified." 

"  The  God  of  all  grace,  who  hath  called  us  unto  His  eternal 
glory  by  Christ  Jesus,  after  that  ye  have  suffered  awhile,  make  you 
perfect,  establish,  strengthen,  settle  you." 

"  The  grace  of  the  Lcid  Jesus  Christ,  the  love  of  God,  and  the 
communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost  be  with  you  all.     Amen." 

GEORGE   HOWE, 

Moderator. 
Macon,  Ga.,  Dec.  19th,  1865. 


FOURTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF    THE    EXECUTIVE  COM- 
MITTEE OF  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  Domestic  Missions   respectfully   re- 
port, that  duiing  the  ecclesiastical  j^ear,  commencing  May,    1864, 
and  terminating  May,  1865,  they  have  prosecuted  the  work  entrust- 
ed to  their  care,  with  all  the  energy   and    wisdom   they   possessed,^ 
and,  as  they  trust,  not  without  tokens  of  the  Divine  favor. 

Very  little  was  done,  or  attempted,  in  the  way  of  promoting 
evangelical  religion  in  the  more  destitute  and  frontier  regions 
of  the  country,  owing  to  the  unsettled  state  of  public  affairs, 
and  the  want  of  suitable  missionary  laborers.  Only  one  missiona- 
ry was  commissioned  during  that  period,  and  it  is  not  certainly 
known  that  he  ever  entered  upon  the  work  assigned  him. 


390  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS.  [Appendix, 

The  work  in  the  army,  to  which  the  attention  of  the  committee 
was  mainly  directed,  was  carried  on  with  systematic  efficiency, 
and  perhaps  with  as  important  results  as  those  of  any  previous 
year.  More  than  one  hundred  missionary  laborers  were  commis- 
sioned during  the  year,  nine-tenths  of  whom  were  in  active  service 
for  longer  or  shorter  periods,  and  all  whom  received  their  support, 
in  part  or  whole,  from  the  contributions  of  the  churches.  What 
number  were  in  actual  serv'ce  at  the  time  of  the  surrender  of  our 
two  main  armies,  is  not  certainly  known,  but  perhaps  more  than 
fifty.  A  large  proportion  of  these  brethren  had  been  connected 
with  the  army  for  periods  varying  from  two  to  four  years,  and  per- 
formed labors,  and  endured  hardships,  wliich  perhaps  will  never  be 
fully  understood  in  this  present  life.  The  churches,  to  the  last, 
were  excecding"ly  g-enerous  in  their  contributions,  and  at  no  time 
was  the  work  retarded  for  the  want  of  funds.  Thousands  of  our 
beloved  soldiers  were  converted  through  the  instrumentality  of 
these  labors,  some  of  whom  are  gone  to  rest,  whilst  others  have  been 
spared  to  beautify  and  uphold  the  Church  of  Christ  on  earth.  What- 
ever disappointment  may  have  been  experienced  by  us  as  a  people, 
in  relation  to  the  establishment  of  our  independence,  as  a  Church 
we  should  ever  be  grateful  to  Almighty  God  for  the  repeated  and 
abundant  outpouring  of  His  Holy  Spirit  upon  our  armies  during  the 
progress  of  the  bloody  conflict.  That  our  camps  should  have  been 
made  nurseries  of  piety,  is  something  not  only  new  and  unprece- 
dented in  warfare,  but  may  be  regarded  as  an  encouraging  token 
of  God's  purpose  to  favor  and  bless  our  future  Z ion.  If  these  rich 
and  spiritual  fruits  are  carefully  gathered  and  husbanded  for  the 
Master's  use,  we  maj'  soon  have  occasion  to  forget  our  temporal 
sorrows  in  tne  abundance  of  our  spiritual  joys. 

The  failure  of  the  Assembly  to  metit  last  May,  left  the  committee 
without  instructions  as  to  their  duties  in  the  new  state  of  things 
brought  about  by  the  providence  of  God.  They  have  regarded 
themselves,  liowevcr,  as  constructively  in  office,  but  have  been  able 
to  accomplish  very  little  from  the  want  of  mails  and  the  facilities  of 
railroad  travel.  These  difficulties  are  now  passing  away,  and  the 
Assembly,  in  the  good  providence  of  God,  is  met  to  deliberate  on 
these  great  matters. 

As  the  clouds  that  have  so  long  overspread  the  country  are 
gradually  being  lifted  up,  we  liave  revealed  to  us  a  work  of  immense 
proportions  to  be  done  in  healing  the  wounds,  restoring  the  desola- 
tions, and  building  up  the  broken  down  walls  of  Zion,  as  well  as 
extending  her  borders  to  the  more  remote  and  frontier  regions  of 
the  country. 

In  the  judgment  of  3^our  committee,  three  departments  of  mis- 
sionary labor  claim  the  attention  of  tlie  Assembly  at  the  present 
time,  viz  :  1st.  The  building  uj)  of  our  crippled  and  broken  down 
churches.  2d.  The  extfmding  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Gospel  to  the 
destitute  and  frontier  regions  of  the  country.  3d.  Providing  reli- 
gious instruction  for  the  colored  people  among  us. 


A.  D.  1865.]  DOMESTIC   MISSIONS.  391 

The  first  of  these  is  undoubtedly  the  most  urgent,  but,  it  is  hoped, 
will  claim  the  attention  of  the  Assembly  only  for  a  limited  period. 
The  second  is  a  permanent  work,  and  must  come  up  for  considera- 
tion from  year  to  year.  The  third  has  claims  of  the  most  weighty 
and  serious  character,  and  like  tlie  second,  will  come  up  for  conside- 
ration as  often  as  the  Assembly  sliall  meet.  In  the  present  unde- 
veloped state  of  feeling  among  the  negro  population,  it  is  impossible 
to  decide  -what  general  course  of  instruction  would  be  best  suited 
to  their  circumstances.  Perhaps  the  best  course  for  the  Assembly, 
at  its  present  session,  will  be  to  remind  the  churches  under  their 
care  of  their  duty  to  instruct  these  people  in  the  way  of  salvation 
— leaving  it  for  each  church  to  pursue  that  course  which  in  its 
judgment  will  seem  best — and  appoint  a  committee  to  report  to  the 
next  Assembly''  some  general  plan  to  be  adopted  by  all  our  churches. 
It  would  be  well  for  that  committee  to  be  composed  of  individuals 
from  the  diflerent  sections  of  the  country,  so  Uiat  all  the  varied 
asptjcts  of  the  subject  may  be  before  their  minds  in  preparing  the 
report. 

The  restoration  of  our  crippled  and  broken  down  churches  is 
undoubtedly  the  object  which  claims  the  immediate  and  earnest 
attention  of  this  Assembly.  These  churches  are  to  be  found  in  every 
section  of  our  country  that  has  been  occupied  for  any  length  of 
time  by  Northern  soldiers,  and  especially  along  the  broad  track  of 
those  desolating-  njarches  that  were  made  through  most  of  the 
central  Southern  States.  "Wherever  the  armies  have  gone,  the 
country  has  been  desolated,  the  people  have  been  impoverished, 
and  in  the  great  majority  of  cases,  the  sanctuaries  of  the  living  God 
have  either  been  entirely  destro3'ed,  or  so  much  injured  as  to  be 
unfit  fo-  use.  In  many  places  our  people  are  not  only  without 
houses  in  which  to  worship,  but  are  without  ministers  to  break  to 
them  the  bread  of  life.  Some  of  our  ablest  and  most  earnest  minis- 
ters have  been  compelled  to  betake  themselves  to  school-keeping, 
or  some  other  secular  employment,  in  order  to  provide  their  families 
with  the  means  of  subsistence.  Worse  than  all,  in  the  very  midst  of 
this  distress  and  prostration,  an  em^my  threatens  to  invade  our 
borders,  sow  dis.sensions  among  our  people,  and  gather  our  flocks 
into  folds  which  they  have  not  known.  If  ever  there  was  occasion 
for  the  people  of  God  to  r;illy  as  one  man,  and  put  forth  all  their 
energies  with  united  front  against  those  who  are  seeking  to  divide 
and  destroy,  the  present  is  that  occasion.  If  we  would  be  true  to 
the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  or  would  be  faithful  to  those  spiritual 
flocks  of  which  He  hath  given  us  the  care,  we  must  defend  them 
from  all  these  insidious  encroachments  iu  whatever  name  or  garb 
they  may  come. 

No  doubt  all  our  churches  are  suffering,  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent,  from  the  effects  of  the  terrible  conflict  through  which  we 
have  just  passed  But  some  have  not  suffered  to  the  same  extent 
with  others,  and  such  would  no  doubt  be  glad  to  testify  their 
gratitude  to  God,  as  well  as  their  love  to  the  brethren,  by  con- 
4 


392  DOMESTIC  ^nssioxs.  [Appendix, 

tributing  of  their  substance  to  the  general  welfare  of  all  tlie  suffer- 
ing churches.  May  not  God  have  permitted  these  great  calamities 
tcj  overtake  us  for  the  purpose  of  developing'  among  us  that  spirit 
of  liberality  which  distinguished  the  primitive  churches,  in  like 
poverty,  and  which  may  be  the  means  of  uniting  us  as  one  common 
brotherhood  for  any  trials  or  triumphs  He  may  have  in  reserve  fox 
us  ? 

"What  seems  especially  necessary  at  the  present  time,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  your  committee,  to  rally  the  whole  Southern  church,  and 
bring  out  all  her  disposable  resources,  is  to  bring  forward  some 
feasible  plan  by  which  their  gifts  may  be  brought  togetlier  and  be 
laid  out  wisely  and  judiciously  in  relieving  the  distresses  of  the  suf- 
fering churches.  The  committee,  tlierefore,  would  recommend  the 
appointment  of  what  may  be  called  a  Sustentation  Committee, 
somewhat  after  the  plan  of  the  Free  Ciiurch  of  Scotland,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  raise  and  disburse  funds  in  connection  with  this  great 
object.  That  committee  need  consist  only  of  a  chairman,  a  secre- 
tary, and  one  commissioner  from  each  Synod.  Let  it  be  the  duty 
of  the  chairman,  or  secretary,  to  occupy  some  central  position  in  the 
country,  f:  om  which  he  can  have  easy  access  to  the  churches  and 
the  commissioners,  and,  for  the  time  being,  have  the  general 
direction  of  affairs.  Let  it  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioners  to 
canvass  their  respective  Synods,  ascertain  what  churches  are 
neediag  help,  what  ones  are  able  to  contribute,  and  do  all  they 
can  by  correspondence  and  visitation  to  ccdlect  funds  for  thi  -  general 
object.  At  the  expiration  of  three  months,  or  as  soon  after  as 
practicable,  the  secretary  and  the  commissioners  shall  meet  to- 
gether, and  with  all  the  facts  they  have  gathered,  proceed  to 
disburse  the  iunds  according  to  their  best  judgment.  It  would  be 
also  well  for  the  Assembly  to  designate  a  day  when  collections 
should  be  taken  up  in  all  the  churches  for  this  object.  It  is  not 
proposed  that  the  commissioners  should  receive  any  compensation 
for  their  services  further  than  have  their  traveling  expenses  paid. 
It  is  coiifid<,'ntly  believed,  that  (here  are  brethren  in  all  our  Synods 
who,  if  called  b}"-  the  Assembly  to  this  work,  would  cheerfully 
devote  three  months  to  this  purpose  without  any  pay,  further  than 
the  satistactiou  of  knowing  that  they  are  engaged  in  a  work  of 
mercy. 

It  is  confidently  believed,  also,  that  by  this  pl.m,  all  our  crippLd 
churches  ma\  be  placed  on  their  feet,  at  least  so  far  as  the  support 
of  their  pastors  is  concerned,  before  tlie  meeting  of  the  next  Assem- 
bly. The  question  of  aiding  these  churches  in  rebuilding  their 
houses  of  worship  iiad  better  be  deferred  until  that  time.  The  As- 
sembly will  then  lie  in  posses-ion  of  facts  that  will  enable  them  to 
act  wisely  and  efficiently  in  relation  to  whatever  course  it  may  then 
be  thought  best  to  pursue. 

If  objection  is  felt  to  the  multiplication  of  agencies  under  the 
directi(jn  of  the  Assembly,  then  the  same  olijeet  may  be  attained 
simply  by  uniting  the  commissioners  above  mentioned  to  the   Ex- 


A.  D.  1865.]  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS.  393 

ecntive  Committee  of  Domestic  Missions,  and  giving  tbem  the 
power  of  committeemen,  so  far  as  this  particular  enterprise  is  con- 
cerned. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted,  on  behalf  of  the  committee. 

J.  LEIGHTON  WILSON, 

Secretart/i 


394 


DOMESTIC   MISSIONS. 


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A.  D.  1865.]  FOREIGN   MISSIONS.  395 


FOURTH  AT^NUAL  EEPORT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE  OF  FOllEIGN  MISSIONS. 

Tlie  Executive  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions,  in  present- 
ing their  fourth  annual  report,  iiave  to  himent  that  their 
labors  are  still  restricted  to  a  narrow  sphere,  and  even  in 
relation  to  this  they  cannot  render  a  very  satisfactory  account, 
owing  to  their  very  restricted  intercourse  \vith  the  missiona- 
ries during  the  last  eighteen  months.  No  letters  at  all  have 
been  received  from  Southern  missionaries  laboring  in  foreign 
lands ;  and  none  from  missionary  brethren  in  the  Indian 
country,  except  such  as  have  been  brought  by  casual  travel- 
ers from  that  region.  One  was  received  from  the  venerable 
Dr.  Kingsbury,  of  June  last,  in  which  it  was  stated  that  the 
missionary  work  was  going  on  as  usual,  and  the  inquiry  was 
made,  whether,  in  the  prostrated  condition  of  the  country, 
any  further  pecuniary  aid  could  be  expected  from  the  South- 
ern churches.  The  Executive  Committee  responded  by  for- 
warding $1,300  to  New  Orleans,  of  funds  that  were  provi- 
dentially on  hand,  for  their  use.  At  the  same  time,  they  were 
assured  that  as  soon  as  our  religious  newspapers  and  railroads 
were  established,  their  wants  would  be  brought  to  the  notice 
of  the  churches.  That  pledge  as  yet  has  only  been  partially 
redeemed. 

More  recently  fuller  communications  liave  been  received 
from  the  missionaries,  several  of  whom  were  at  Little  Rock, 
in  attendance  upon  the  Synod  of  Arkansas,  to  which  they 
belong,  and  which  met  there  in  October  last.  There  was 
some  sickness  among  the  missionaries  at  that  time,  and  a 
good  deal  of  distress  among  the  Indians,  owing  to  desolations 
occasioned  by  the  war  and  misunderstanding  with  the  gov- 
ernment in  the  settlement  of  their  affairs.  The  missionaries 
seemed  to  be  deeply  impressed  with  the  importance  and  the 
duty  of  continuing  their  labors  among  the  people,  but  could 
not  do  so  unless  sustained  by  help  from  abroad.  According 
to  their  estimates,  it  will' require  about  $6,000  for  their  sup- 
port. This  sum,  in  former  times,  could  easily  have  been 
raised,  and  the  committee  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  can  be 
done  the  coming  year,  unless  there  is  more  distress  and  pros- 
tration in  general  affairs  than  is  hoped  will  be  the  case.  What 
changes  are  to  be  made  in  the  general  condition  of  the  Indian 
country  cannot  be  foreseen,  and  therefore  it  is  impossible  to 
determine  what  plan  of  missionary  operation  should  be 
adopted  for  that  field  at  the  present  time.  It  would  seem  to 
be  the  duty  of  the  Church  to  go  forward  on  the  same  general 


396  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Appendix, 

plan  lieretofore  pursued,  committiiig  the  wliole  to  the  great 
Head  of  the  Church,  and  wait  for  clearer  light  to  guide  us  in 
the  future. 

But,  whatever  course  may  be  adopted  in  relation  to  this 
particular  matter,  the  committee  earnestly  recommend  the 
continuance  of  your  Foreign  Missionary  organization.  Much 
may  be  done,  even  in  our  crippled  condition,  to  carry  on  this 
great  work.  We  can  scarcely  set  up  a  claim  to  be  regarded 
as  a  true  branch  of  ihe  Church  of  Christ,  or  take  an  honorable 
place  in  the  sisterho(5d  of  evangelical  churches,  unless  we 
keep  this  object  constantly  and  distinctly  before   our  minds. 

It  should  ever  be  made  the  controlling  principle  of  all  our 
movements.  The  command  to  go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature,  is  in  fact  the  only  com- 
mission which  the  Lord  Jesus  has  given  to  his  Church  on 
earth  :  and  any  branch  of  that  Church  that  disregards  this 
command,  imperils  its  own  spiritual  life. 

In  setting  out  in  this  great  work,  we  sliall  find  that  other 
branches  of  the  Church  are  greatly  in  the  advance  of  us. 
Many  of  tliem  have  made  progress  in  the  establishment  of 
Christian  churches  among  the  heathen,  in  the  acquisition  of 
their  languages  and  the  translation  of  the  Word  of  God  into 
those  languages,  in  the  establishment  of  Christian  institutions, 
and  the  training  of  young  men  in  those  institutions  to  preach 
the  Gospel,  which  we  may  not  attain  for  a  half  century.  But 
what  of  that  ?  If  it  is  not  too  late  for  us  to  commence  our 
career  as  a  separate  and  independent  Church,  surely  it  is 
not  too  late  to  commence  the  faithful  discharge  of  those 
functions  which  are  the  inseparable  attributes  of  every  true 
Church  of  Christ.  The  same  providence  which  forced  us  to 
take  one  step,  requires  us  to  take  the  other.  That  we  are  few 
and  feeble,  is  no  sufficient  reason  for  withholding  our  hands 
from  the  work.  With  God  there  is  no  constraint  to  work  by 
few  or  many.  In  tlie  course  of  His  providence,  many  that  are 
first  sliall  be  last,  and  tlie  last  the  first.  He  may,  in  the 
exercise  of  His  sovereign  pleasure,  crown  our  feeble  effortis 
with  his  richest  blessings,  and  hasten  the  time  when  our 
Southern  Zion  shall  occupy  a  prominent  and  leading  position 
in  the  prosecution  of  this  great  undertaking. 

We  are  not  to  suppose,  for  one  moment,  that  the  great  work 
of  evangelizing  the  heathen  nations  of  the  earth  is  drawing 
to  a  close.  All  that  has  already  been  achieved  by  mission- 
ary effort,  important  as  those  achievements  are,  can  scarcely 
admit  of  comparison  with  what  remains  to  be  done.  As 
yet,  only  the  outposts  of  the  kingdom  of  darkness  have  been 
assailed.     The    surface    of  heathendom    has  scarcely  been 


A.  D.  1S05.]  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  397 

ruffled.  If  lliousands  and  liundreds  of  thousands  of  benighted 
licathen  men  have  been  made  to  rejoice  in  the  light  of  the 
Gospel,  millions  and  hundreds  of  millions  remain  in  all  the 
darkness  of  unmitigated  paganism.  Isot  to  make  particular 
mention  of  the  ndllion^s  in  Europe  and  South  America  who 
are  enveloped  in  papal  darkness,  the  great  pagan  nations 
of  Africa,  India,  China,  Northern  Asia  and  Japan,  have  as 
jet  scarcely  felt  the  first  glow  of  that  Christian  love  that 
is  to  transform  their  whole  moral  character,  or  caught  the 
first  gleam  of  tliat  glorious  Gospel  day  that  is  to  chase  away 
all  their  darkness.  Your  missionaries,  in  the  inscrutable 
providence  of  God,  may  have  reserved  for  them  the  great 
honor  of  being  the  first  to  carry  the  light  of  the  Gospel 
into  the  deepest  recesses  of  this  darkness  ;  and  though  last 
in  the  field,  may  be  the  first  in  the  rich  harvest  that  is  to 
be  reaped  by  the  combined  labors  of  the  whole  Church. 

Before  entering  largely  upon  this  undertaking,  however, 
we  have  an  important  work  of  preparation  to  be  done  at  home. 
Our  j^eople,  it  is  true,  are  not  strangers  to  the  work  of  For- 
eign Missions.  In  former  years  they  have  borne  an  honora- 
ble share  in  carrying  it  on.  They  have  contributed  of  their 
substance  to  its  support  ;  they  have  prayed  earnestly  for 
its  success  ;  and,  in  many  cases,  they  have  cheerfully  given 
up  their  sons  and  daughters  to  labor  in  it.  But,  after  all. 
Southern  Christians  have  only  been  co-operators  in  the  work. 
The  chief  agency  and  chief  responsibility  have  heretofore  been 
with  the  Northern  Church,  by  whom  we  are  now  excluded 
from  even  an  honorable  co-operation.  If,  therefore,  we  would 
continue  to  have  a  share  in  it,  we  must  carry  on  the  indepen- 
dent work  which  has  already  been  commenced,  the  chief  re- 
sponsibility of  which,  under  God,  must  rest  upon  oui  own 
shoulders.  Hereafter,  our  contributions,  our  prayers,  and 
the  consecration  of  our  children,  must  be  made  under  a  more 
direct  sense  of  our  responsibility  to  the  great  Head  of  the 
Church.  Onr  people  must  be  made  familiar  with  this  great 
idea,  and  they  must  be  trained  to  all  that  benevolence,  self- 
denial,  energy  and  self-reliance  which  is  necessary  for  the 
successful  prosecution  of  so  great  a  work.  The  rising  gene- 
ration must  be  made  to  appreciate  the  greatness  of  the  cause, 
and  that  no  sublimer  object  can  possibly  challenge  their  per- 
sonal devotement.  The  children  and  youths  in  our  sabbath 
schools  and  in  our  seminaries  of  learning,  must  be  instructed, 
not  only  in  relation  to  the  general  claims  of  this  cause,  but 
they  must  be  made  familiar  with  the  actual  facts  and  results 
that  attend  the  prosecution  of  it  by  other  branches  of  the 
Church.     But  all  this  can  be  accomplished  only  by  an  agency 


398  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Appendix, 

appointed  by  the  Church  for  this  express  purpose.  Besides 
which,  we  know  not  liow  soon  we  may  be  called,  in  the 
providence  of  God,  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  prosecution 
of  it.  It  is  believed  that  there  are  young  men  in  the  Church, 
at  the  present  time,  who  are  looking  forward  to  engaging  in 
it,  and  are  only  waiting  for  the  Church  to  bid  them  go  for- 
ward. Let  us  then  be  prepared  for  any  duty  to  which  the 
great  Head  of  the  Church  may  call  us,  feeling  assured  that 
He  will  give  us  grace  and  necessary  resources  to  accomplish 
any  task  He  may  assign  us. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

On  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

J.  LEIGHTON  WILSON, 

Secretary. 


A.  D.  1865.] 


FOREIGN   MISSIONS. 


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FOURTH    ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE  OF  PUBLICATION. 

The  Committee  of  Publication,  in  presenting  to  tlie  Gener- 
al Assembly  the  report  here  submitted,  have  to  regret  that, 
nnder  existing  circumstances,  the  materials  for  preparing  it 
were  so  defective.  By  the  fire  which  on  tlie  3d  of  April  last 
laid  in  ashes  so  much  of  the  city  of  Richmon^,  our  office, 
with  all  its  contents,  was  entirely  consumed.  Not  even  the 
ofiice  books  were  saved,  from  which  various  items  of  interest 
might  have  been  embodied  in  this  report.  Your  Secretary, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Leyburn,  finding  his  work  suspended  for  the 
time,  and  no  longer  the  means  from  it  of  a  pecuniary  support, 
withdrew  to  another  part  of  the  country.  In  the  absence, 
therefore,  of  the  usnal  sources  of  information,  nothing  definite 
can  be  produced  in  the  document  here  ottered.  It  may,  how- 
ever, be  stated,  in  general,  that  the  operations  of  the  commit- 
tee continued  to  be  prosecnted  with  increasing  energy  and 
success. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer,  herewith  submitted,  shows  that 
the  whole  amount  of  receipts  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
1865,  was  $93,555  42,  and  the  expenditures  1^60,124  72,  leav- 
ing a  balance  of  §14,430  71,  in  Coniederatc  money,  the  receipts 
and  vouchers  tor  wliich  were  consumed  in  the  bank  whore 
they  were  deposited. 

A  very  large  amount  of  reading  matter,  consisting  of  Bibles, 
New  Testaments,  and  otherrcligious  books  and  tracts  obtained 
from  England,  as  well  as  valuable  tracts  of  our  own  publica- 
tion, was  put  into  circulation,  most  of  it  in  the  Confederate 
army.  Of  the  "  Soldiers'  Visitor"  a  large  edition  continued 
to  be  published,  and  the  demand  tor  it,  as  well  as  for  all  other 
gospel  truth  we  could  supply,  showed  how  eager  were  our 
soldiers  for  whatever  would  teach  them  the  way  of  salvation, 
and  strengthen  them  in  the  trials  through  which  they  were 
passing. 

The  "  Children's  Friend"  was  ke])t  alive,  but  with  an  issue 
greatly  diminished.  Its  highest  circulation  (in  the  Spring  of 
1863)  was  about  twelve  thousand  ;  at  the  time  our  o])erations 
were  suspended,  it  was  only  about  three  thousand.  This  was 
owing,  in  a  large  degree,  to  the  disturbed  state  of  the  country, 
and  to  the  very  imperfect  facilities  for  its  distribution  through 
the  mails. 

In  reviewing  our  operations  for  a  period  of  {^bout  three 
years,  we  find  cause  for  both  humiliation  and  gratitude. 
Our  Church  has  certainly  not  rendered  to  the  Lord  according 


A.  D.  1865.]  PUBLICATION.  401 

to  all  His  benefits.  To  reflect  liow  mncli  more  might  have 
been  accomplished  had  we  possessed  more  ample  means,  and 
been  moved  by  a  supreme  consecration  to  God,  should  iill  ns 
with  sorrow.  Wlien,  on  the  other  hand,  we  bring  to  view  the 
undoubted  fact  that,  through  the  agency  of  the  committee,  a 
great  multitude  have  been  brought  nearer  to  the  Saviom-,  we 
And  cause  to  bless  His  holy  name. 

The  past,  with  its  scenes  of  strife  and  bloodshed,  its  convul- 
sions and  changes,  its  public  calamities,  its  private  sorrows 
and  desolations,  has  now  vanished  beyond  our  reach,  and  gone 
to  make  its  record  for  history  and  for  the  final  judgment. 
Praying  to  be  instructed  by  its  awful  voice,  we  find  ourselves 
called  now  to  reach  forth  unto  the  things  which  are  before. 

The  question  presents  itself,  how  can  we  best  supply  our 
people  with  religious  literature  under  the  circumstances  in 
which  we  are  now  placed  ?  After  much  deliberation,  the 
committee  would  recommend  to  the  attention  of  the  General 
Assembly  a  scheme  of  which  the  following  is  the  outline  : 

The  Committee  of  Publication  shall  be  charged  with  the 
duty  of  most  carefully  selecting  from  every  available  quarter, 
whether  in  Europe  or  America,  the  very  best  tracts  and  books 
suited  for  Sabbath  schools,  and  other  religious  reading.  Let 
a  descriptive  catalogue  of  these  publications  be  prepared  and 
distributed  among  our  churches.  From  this  list  let  them 
make  selections,  and  send  orders  accordingly.  The  proceeds 
of  sales  to  be  re-invested.  A  small  profit  to  be  laid  upon 
purchases — which  would  be  at  wholesale — so  as  to  cover  ex- 
penses. Annual  collections  to  be  taken  in  our  churches,  as 
heretofore,  from  which  donations  can  be  made  to  the  desti- 
tute, and  for  publishing  such  books  and  tracts,  original  and 
selected,  as  may  be  specially  demanded. 

The  necessity  and  usefulness  of  some  plan  of  this  kind,  and 
also  its  practicability,  need  not  be  here  presented,  especially 
as  the  General  Assembly  has  already  given  the  scheme,  in  its 
essential  parts,  a  hearty  approval.     See  minutes  for  1863. 

Should  it  still  thus  receive  the  sanction  of  the  Church,  it 
will  be  necessary  for  the  General  Assembly  to  provide  for  the 
details  required  to  carry  it  into  j^ractical  eifect. 

The  Synod  of  Yirginia  having,  at  its  last  meeting,  requested 
the  committee  to  take  immediate  steps  to  meet  the  pressing 
wants  of  its  churches  for  Sabbath  School  books,  and  having 
raised  on  the  spot  |1 1,000  for  defraying  the  expenses  connected 
with  a  beginning  of  the  work,  we  are  gratified  to  report  that 
some  valuable  results  have  been  already  reached.  An  agent 
was  sent,  as  soon  as  practicable,  to  visit  various  houses  of 
publication  in  the  Northern  cities,  and  make  such   selections 


402  PUBLICATION.  [Appendix,  ' 

as  were  judged  suitable.  Ilis  report  is  herewith  submittei 
for  inspection.  It  will  show  that  he  was  very  courteously  re- 
ceived, and  that  very  generous  terms  were  offered  in  many 
cases. 

To  the  house  of  Robert  Carter  &  Son,  of  New  York,  we  arc 
indebted  for  a  reduction  of  one-half  the  usual  price  upon  all 
books  which  our  agent  selected  as  specimens  from  their  cata- 
logue. The  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication  in  Philadel- 
phia were  so  kind  as  to  present  to  us  all  the  books  selected 
for  the  same  purpose  from  their  large  and  valuable  list. 

Your  committee  cannot  doubt  that,  should  some  scheme  of 
this  kind  be  entered  upon  and  prosecuted  with  energy,  it  will 
meet  the  hearty  approbation  of  our  people,  and  grow  into 
wide  usefulness  in  the  diffusion  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in   Jesus. 

The  publication  of  the  "  Children's  Friend"  has  not  been 
resumed,  for  two  reasons.  One  is  that  the  means  of  circu- 
lating it  over  the  country  have  been  too  limited.  This  hin- 
drance, it  is  expected,  will  soon  be  removed  by  the  re-estab- 
lishment of  the  mails  and  postoffices  throughout  the  land. 
Another  serious  difficulty  .arises  from  the  limited  circulation 
which  the  paper  had  when  suspended,  and  the  apprehension 
that  it  is  not  practicable  to  sustain  a  paper  of  this  kind  by 
our  denomination  alone.  Without  entering  into  this  subject 
more  minutely,  the  committee  would  refer  the  Assembly  to 
such  of  its  members  as  may  be  in  attendance  u])on  its  ap- 
proaching sessions,  for  any  explanations  that  may  be  needed. 
A  thoroughly  good  paper  for  the  children  of  the  Church  is  an 
enterprise  of  unspeakable  importance,  and  the  best  way,  all 
things  considered,  for  securing  such  an  agency  for  those  com- 
mitted to  our  care,  merits  the  most  careful  consideration  of 
her  highest  judicatory. 

Undismayed  by  any  trials  and  toils  through  which  we  may 
be  called  to  pass ;  cheerfully  trusting  in  the  merciful  and 
almighty  guidance  and  protection  of  Him  who  was  with  Ilis 
Church  in  the  wilderness,  we  desire  to  go  forth  sowing  the 
precious  seed  by  the  side  of  all  waters,  assured  of  the  joyful 
harvest  in  God's  own  good  time,  and  to  the  praise  of  the  glory 
of  His  grace. 


T.  T.  MOORE, 

President. 


WILLIAM  BPOWN,  See'y.  Pro  Tern. 
Pichmond,  Dec.  6ih,  1865. 


A.  D.  1865.]  EDUCATION.  403 

STATEMENT  OF  THE  TEEASURER'S  ACCOUNT  OF 
PUBLICATION  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  31st 
MARCH,  1865. 

RECEIPTS. 

By  balance  on  hand  1st  jVpril,  1S64 $27,001  61 

By  contributions  to  publication f  54,166  83 

By  contributions  to  "  Soldiers'  Visitor" 1,091  70 

By  subscriptions  to  "  Children's  Fiicnd" 5,281  18 

By  sales  at  Depository 5,810  21 

By  profit  on  Confederate  Bonds 148  89 

60,498  81 

By  remittances  for  "  Pliiladelpliia  Board" 55  00 

$93,555  42 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

To  cost  of  paper $39,277  10 

To  composition,  press  work  and  binding 19,867  42 

To  officers'  ealaries.' 13,700  00 

To  incidental  expenses 5,689  69 

Tooffice  furniture 323  00 

To  type  and  fixtures '. 267  50 

To  balance  on  hand  in  bonds  and  notes  of  Confederate  States 14,430  71 


$93,555  42 


THIRD    ANNUAL    REPORT  OF   THE   EXECUTIYE 
COMMITTEE  OF  EDUCATION. 

The  Committee  of  Education  submit  the  following  report  : 

Your  committee  have  had  no  beneficiaries  receiving  aid 
since  the  last  report. 

The  statement  of  the  Treasurer,  accompanying  this  report, 
will  show  that  the  contributions  have  been  $2,552  80,  which, 
together  with  a  balance  on  hand  March  31,  1866,  makes  the 
whole  amount  in  his  hands  in  Confederate  money,  (now  worth- 
less) to  be  $7,802  41. 

All  that  the  committee  deem  it  necessary  to  say  farther,  is 
that  during  the  war  this  part  of  our   benevolent   operations, 
was  suspended.     Nearly  all  of  our  young  men   receiving  aid 
were  called  into  the  army,  or  were,  by  causes  connected  with 
the  war,  interrupted  in  their  studies. 

In  the  present  changed  condition  of  affairs,  this  great  work 
is  opened  to  us  with  new  interest,  not  only  because  of  the 
increasing  need  of  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  to  enter  upon  the 
labors  of  our  vast  field,  but  also  because,  for  reasons  well 
known,  the  means  of  those  seeking  the  holy  office  are  generally 
so  greatly  diminished. 

This  subject,  in  all  the  magnitude  of  its  interests,  is,  under 
God,  in  tlie  hands  of  our  General  Assembly,  for  such   advice 


404  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINAUY.  [Appendix, 

and  control  as,  in  their  wisdom,  may  be  judged  best   in   the 
circumstances. 

T.  Y.  moore; 

WILLIAM  BROWIi,  Sec'y  Pro  Tern. 

statement  of  the.  Treasurer's  account  of  Education  for  the  year  ending  31s<  March,  I860. 


By  balance  on  hand  1st  April,  1864. 
By  contributions  to  Education 


To  balance  on  hand  in  Confederate  States  bonds  and  notes. 


$7,802  51 


15,249  61 
2,552  80 


$7,802  41 


STATEMENT  SHOWING  THE  CONDITION  OF  THE 
THEOLOGICAL  SEMINATIY  AT  COLUMBIA.  FROM 
THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

To  the    General  Assemhly  of  the  Presbyterian    Churchy  in 
session  at  M%con,  Georgia  : 

As  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia,  now 
under  the  care  of  the  General  Assembly,  I  beg  leave  to 
submit  this  brief  statement  with  the  view  of  bringing  the 
Seminary  to  your  attention. 

Owing  to  the  derangement  of  all  business,  and  the  break- 
ing down  of  all  public  transportation,  consequent  upon  the 
fall  of  the  Confederate  Government,  no  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Seminary  has  been  held  during  the  pre- 
sent year,  and  no  official  report  can  be  made. 

The  undersigned,  deeming  it  matter  of  great  importance 
that  the  General  Assembly  should  have  before  it  the  subject 
•matter  of  the  Seminary,  has  thought  it  not  improper  to  submit 
this  statement  with  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  Faculty, 
for  your  consideration. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  containing  his  account  of  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  u])  to  the  first  of  May  last,  the  end 
of  the  fiscal  year,  is  complete,  and  believed  to  be  correct. 
His  letter,  sent  in  with  the  report,  shows  the  loss  to  the  Semi- 
nary, by  the  overthrow  of  the  Southern  Government,  to  be 
very  large.  Of  the  investments,  wlii(;h  amounted  at  the  last 
annual  report  to  over  two  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  dollars, 
he  tliinks  now  that  not  more  than  sixty-nine  tliousand  dollars 
can  be  regarded  as  solvent.  This  heavy  loss,  it  is  feared,  will 
seriously  embarrass  the  General  Assembly  in  its  expectations 


A.  D.  1865,]  THEOLOGICAL    SEMINAEY.  4:05 

as  to  the  operations  of  tlie  Seminary.  We  have,  however, 
abundant  canse  to  be  thankful  that  the  buildings  and  Library 
of  the  Seminary  have  been  saved. 

Believing  that  it  is  very  important  that  the  Seminary  should 
still  be  kept  open,  for  the  reception  and  instruction  of  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry,  the  Faculty,  with  commendable  zeal, 
have  consented  to  continue  their  labors  in  the  Seminary.  It 
is  hoped  that  some  arrangement  will  be  made  for  their  sup- 
port at  least. 

For  the  particulai-s,  as  to  the  investments,  you  are  referred 
to  the  Appendix  of  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
1864. 

The  Professorship  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology  is 
vacant. 

The  report  of  the  Faculty,  herewith  submitted,  will  give 
you  the  state  of  the  Seminary  and  its  prospects. 

Hoping  that  this  school  of  the  prophets  may  survive  the 
shock  that  it  has  received,  and  that  it  may  soon  be  restored 
to  its  former  power  and  usefulness, 

I  am,  respectfully,  yours, 

THOS.  C.  PERRIN, 

Chairman. 


REPORT  OF  THE  FACULTY  OF  THE  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY  AT  COLUMBIA. 

The  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Columbia, 
under  the  care  of  the  General  Assembly,  in  making  their  annual 
report,  have  to  lament  over  the  disasters  Which  have  befallen, 
this  beloved  institution,  in  connection  with  the  general  ruin 
which  surrouTids  us  on  every  side.  During  the  occupation  of 
Columbia  by  the  forces  of  General  Sherman,  when  he  laid 
two-thirds  of  the  city  in  ashes,  the  buildings  of  the  Seminary 
were  saved  from  conflagration,  through  the  good  providence 
of  God,  by  the  vigilance,  intercessions  and  representations, 
chiefly,  of  the  refugee  families  Avhich  had  sought  shelter  with- 
in them.  The  valuable  Library  is  intact,  with  the  exception 
of  some  volumes  which  were  loaned  out,  and  perished  in  the 
dwellings  of  those  Avlio  had  them  in  possession.  The  fences, 
too,  were  in  great  part  destroyed,  and  some  of  the  furniture 
has  disappeared,  but  otherwise  the  premises  have  sustained 
no  permanent  injury.  The  funds  of  the  institution,  however, 
which,  according  to  the  tabular  statement  in  the  Appendix 
to  your  last  Minutes,  amounted  to  $270,224,  have  been  in    a 


406  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY.  [AppOndlX, 

good  measure  lost  in  the  general  crash  and  ruin  of  all  invest- 
ments.    Only  one  item  of  the  whole,  amounting  to  less  than 
$3,000,  yields  any  immediate  cash  income.     For  a  particular 
statement  of  the  funded  condition  of  the  Seminary,  we   must 
refer  you  to  the  report  of  the  Treasurer  and  Board  of  Direc- 
tors.    Under   these   circumstances,  it   has   been   a  question 
among  those  most  immediately  connected  with  the  institution, 
whether  the  Seminary  should  temporaribly  suspend  its  opera- 
tions, or  be  continued  without  interruption.    We  have  regarded 
it  worthy  of  the  utmost  eiforts  of  the  Church  to  sustain  it. 
The  number  of  students  educated  within  its  walls,  is  364,   of 
whom  67  have  departed  tliis  life.     Of  the  remainder,  83   are 
laboring  in  South  Carolina,  38  in  Georgia.  28  in  Alabama,  35 
in  North  Carolina,  28  in  Mississi])pi,   8   in  Tennessee,  5   in 
Louisiana,  6  in  Arkansas,  6  in  Virginia,  6  in  Florida,  4  in 
Kentucky.     It  has  its  representatives  too  in  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvana,  JSTew   Jersey,   Illinois,    California,    Yermont,  New 
Hampshire,   Connecticut,  Massachusetts,   Texas,  Minnesota, 
Oregon,  Missouri,  Ohio,  India  and  China,    and  has   had   ite 
missionaries  in  the  Indian  Territory  and  Western  Africa.     An 
institution  yielding  such  fruits  should  not  be  abandoned,  and 
its  temporary  suspension  would  be  a  great  evil,  both  because 
the  attention  of  students  would  bo  diverted  from  it,    and  the 
affection   of  the   churches  would   become  cooled  towards  it. 
The  Professors  feel  it  their   duty,   therefore,   to  re-open   the 
Seminary  to  such  students  as  may  resort  to  it,  and  to   appeal 
to  the  generosity  of  the  Church  to  sustain  it  by  their   contri- 
butions, as  was  done  before  the  invested  foundations  were  es- 
tablished.    As  the  scholarships  for  the  support  of  beneficiary 
students  have  shared  the  same  fate  with  other  funds,  jjrovision 
should  be  made  also  Tor  them.     The  Synod  of  South  Carolina 
has  already  initiated  a  system  by  which  it  is  hoped  contribu- 
tions in  money,  clothing,  and    provisions   may   be  obtained, 
and,  if  other  Synods,  Presbyteries  and  Churches,  will  follow 
this  example,  the  Seminary  may  still  be  carried   forward  in 
these  times  of  public  and  private  calamity. 
•  There  are  two  professorships  vacant  in  the  Faculty :    tliat 
of  Pastoral  Theology  and  Sacred  Rhetoric,  formerly  occupied 
by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Leland,  now  Professor  Emeritus,  and  the 
chair  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology,  occupied  provisionally 
by  Kev.  Dr.  Palmer,  whose  time  of  office   has   expired,    and 
who  has  resumed  his  post  as  pastor  of  the  First   Presbyterian 
Church  in  New  Orleans.     The  duties  of  these  departments  of 
instruction  will  be  assumed,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the  ex- 
isting Faculty,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements   of  the 
Constitution.     But  this  arrangement   cannot   loner   continue. 


A.  D.  1865.]  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY.  407 

The  prosperity  of  the  Seminary  demands  that  these  chairs  be 
tilled  by  judicious  and  able  divines,  who  can  bestow  upon 
them  their  entire  labors.  There  have  been  but  three  students 
connected  with  the  Seminary  the  last  year,  and  its  exercises 
were  wholly  suspended  after  the  burning  of  Columbia  by  the 
Federal  army  on  the  17th  of  February  last. 
In  behalf  of  the  Faculty. 

GEORGE  HOWE, 

Chairman. 

Theological Seminwry^  Columbia^  Dec.  4,  1865. 


408 


REPORT   OF 


[Appendix, 


REPOET  OF    TREASURER  OF  THE  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMIKARY  AT  COLUMBIA. 

Andrew  Crawford,  Treamrtr,  in  account  with  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Synod  of  South 

Carolina  and  Gdorgia^— South  Carolina  Professorship. 

1865.  Dr.  Cr. 


To  Ijalance  due  May  2d,  1S64 |  |620  11 

To  interest  on  2  Confederate  Repstered  Boudi= |  16  00 

To  interest  on  $10,300  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds 721  00 

Tointerefit  on  ?2»100  S  percent  Confederate  Bonds I  168  OOi 

To  dividends  on  80  shares  Bank  Cliarleston     I  960  00 

To  dividends  on  9  shares  Bank  of  Charleston  (new  stock) I  54  00 

To  di\idends  on  26  shares  Farmers'  <fc  Exchange  Bank,   Charieaton I  52  00 

To  dividends  on  100  shares  CokimMa  Bridge I  2,000  00 

To  dividends  on  202  shares  Commercial  Bank,  Columbia |  404  00 

To  dividends  on  52  shares  Exchanse  Bank,  Columbia 104  00 


To  balance  due  Treasurer  this  vear. 


By  Dr.  Leland's  salarj-  to  1st  April,  1865. 
By  Treasurer's  salary'to  1st  April,  1865. . 


$5,099  111 
900  89; 

$6,000  00 


$6,000  00 


Andrew  Craviford,  Trea.<urer,  in  account  tvith  the.  Theological  Siiminary  of  tlu  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Georgia   Professorship. 


To  interest  on  .J11,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Boiyis 
To  Geo.  M.  Tliew,  agent,  (interest) 


By  Dr.  Howe's  salarj-  to  1st  April,  1865. 
By  balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer 


$770  00 
2,403  65 


$3,173  65 


$3,000  00 
173  65 


$3,173  65 


Andrew  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Perkins  Professwship. 

To  interest  on  $10,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds I      $700  001 

To  balance  due  Treasurer 2,821  4o| 


By  balance  due  Treasurer  last  vear 

By  Dr.  Woodrow's  salary  to  1st  April,  1865. 
By  Dr.  'Woodrow  recording  deeds,  &c., 


$491  40 

3,000  00» 

30  00 

$3,521  40 


Andrtiu  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  ami  Georgia — Third  Professorship. 


To  interest  on  $6,500  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds \      $4.55  00 


To  interest  on  John  and  Hairiel  Inglis'  Bond  of  $6,000. 

To  dividends  on  256  shares  Bank  of  Camilen 

To  dividends  on  32  shares  Bank  of  Charleston 

To  dividends  on  297  shares  Commercial  Bank  of  Columbia. 
To  balance  due  Treasurer 


By  Dr.  Adger's  salary  to  Ist  April. 


$3,000  00 


$3,000  00 


A.  D.  1865.]      TREASUEER  OF  SEMINARY. 


409 


Amlrew  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Jlieologieal  Seminary  of  the  Syiwd  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Fourth  Professorship. 


1865. 

To  interest  on  $7,500  7  percent  Confederate  Bonds 

To  interest  on  $1,000  8  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds 

To  dividends  on  32  Bhares  Bank  of  Georgetown ^ 

To  dividands  on  254  shares  Farmers'  &  Exchanffe  Bank,  Charleston. . . . 
To  dividends  on  15  shares  Washington  and  N.  O.  Telegraph  Comp'y. . 
To  dividends  on  213  shares  People's  Bank 


To  balance  due  Treasurer. 


By  balance  due  Treasurer  last  year , 

By  Dr.  Palmer's  salary  to  1st  April,  1SC5. 


Dr. 

^525  00 

80  00 

64  00 

508  00 

45  00 

426  00 

$1,648  00 

3,160  44 

|4,808  44 

Cr. 


$1,808  44 
3,000  00 

$4,808  44 


Andrew  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Theological  Seminary  of  tlte  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Library  Fund. 


To  balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer  last  year 

To  interest  on  $2,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds  this  yc 


$238  12 
140  00 

$378  12 


Andrew  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  luith  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Ferlnns  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers  o.nd  their  Families. 


To  balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer  last  year 

To  interest  on  $10,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds 


i«805  001 
700  00 


$1,505  00 


Andrew  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Theological  Seminary  ofVve  Synod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia — Perkins  Fund  for  Educating  Pious  Young  Men  for  the  Ministry. 


To  balance  in  hands  of  Treasiu-er  last  year 

To  interest  on  $10,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds. 


$569  70] 
700  00 


$1,269  70  f 


CONTIXGEXT    FUND. 


To  cash  received  from  Dr.  Howe,  room  rent 

To  interest  on  $7,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds. 
To  interest  on  $4,000  8  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds. 


By  Revs.  8.  H.  Hay,  $15,  E.  P.  Palmer  «S6 

By  Revs.  John  Douglas  $20,  R.  K.  Porter  $22 

By  Dr.  J.  K.  Wilson 

By  half  quire  paper  for  Directors  and  Secretarj- 

By  repairs  on  buildings  paid  Dr.  Woodrow 

By  printing  500  copies  of  the  Constitution 

By  insurance  on  Buildings  and  Librarj- 

By  Treasurer's  expenses 

By  balan«e  in  hands  of  Treasurer r. 


$257  40 

490  00 

320  00 

$1,067,40 

$51  00 

42  00 

30  00 

1  50 

111  45 

97  CO 

450  00 

110  00 

174  45 

$1,067  40 

410 


EEPOET  OF  TREASURER. 


[Appendix, 


Andreio  Crawford,  Treasurer,  in  account  with  the  Education  Committee  of  the  Hynod  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia. 


1865. 

To  balance  due  by  Treasurer  last  year,  per  account 

To  interest  on  $8,000  7  per  cent  Confederate  Bonds 

To  interest  on  $260  8  per  cent  Confedtrate  Bonds 

To  interest  on  2  7-30  Tieasury  Notes 

To  dividends  on  44  shares  Union  Bank,  Congregational  and  Presbyterian 
To  dividends  on  20  shares  Fanners'  &  Exchange  Bank,  Charleston. . . . 
To  dividends  on  20  shares  So.  Ca.  Railroad  Bank  and  20  shares  new 

Fabien  scholarship 

To  di\idendB  on  50  shares  Bank  of  South  Carolina,  Launeau  scholarship 
To  dividends  on  100  shares  People's  Bank,  Telfair  Timothy  scholarship 

To  dividends  on  92  shares  Commercial  Bank,  Ellison  scholarship 

To  James  T.  Latta,  annual  donation 

By  Arbuthnot,  Jacobs,  Gaston  and  Chandler,  for  Sustentation 

By  balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer  in  Confederate  currency 


The  balance  due  Treasurer  from  the  within  balance,  is  $1,175  43  in  Confederate  cuiTency. 

Ko  change  has  been  made  in  the  investments  since  last  year.    See  minutes  of  the  General 
Assembly. 

ANDREW  CRAWFORD,   Treasurer. 
Columbia,  S.  C,  May  1st,  1865. 


Dr. 

Ck. 

$166  09 

560  00 

20  00 

29  20 

351  34 

40  00 

515  00 

139  75 

200  00 

184  00 

200  00 

$2,405  38 

$140  00 

2,265  38 

$2,405  38 

A.  D.  1865,]        UNION   THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY.  411 

REPOET  OF  THE  FxiCULTY  OF  UmO:N'  THEOLOGI- 
CAL SEMINAEY. 

To  the  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  Southern  States  : 

Rev.  and  Deak  Sik  : — Owing  to  the  state  of  the  country, 
tlie  Board  of  Directors  of  Union  Tlieological  Seminary  held 
no  meeting  during  the  past  year  ;  consequently,  there  will  be 
no  report  from  that  body  to  the  General  Assembly. 

The  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  conceive  that  they  will  be 
rendering  an  acceptable  service  to  the  Assembly,  and  a  useful 
one  to  the  Seminary,  by  presenting  a  brief  statement  of  the 
condition  and  prospects  of  the  institution.  During  the  session 
closing  on  the  2d  Monday  of  May  last,  there  was  only  one 
student,  an  exempt  from  military  service  for  physical  infirmi- 
ty, attending  the  instructions  of  the  Seminary.  About  the 
close  of  the  session,  one  who  had  been  in  service,  a  resident 
of  the  vicinity,  and  former  student,  Mr.  P.  P.  Flournoy,  re- 
sumed his  studies,  which  he  continued  to  prosecute  till  this 
session,  when  he  was  joined  by  seven  others  of  the  former 
students  :  Messrs,  Barnett,  Brown,  Bailey,  Hitner,  Greenlee, 
M'Intyre,  and  Martin.  Besides  these,  the  following  young 
gentlemen  have  matriculated  this  session  : 

Mr.  Geo.  L.  Leyburn,  graduate  of  Washington  College,  Va., 
and  licentiate  of  Roanoke  Presbytery. 

Mr.  Francis  M'F.  Swoope,  member  of  Hebron  Church, 
Lexington  Presbytery,  and  student  of  the  University  of 
Virginia. 

Mr.  Edward  Lane,  member  of  the  Second  Church,  Rich- 
mond, and  student  of  Oglethorpe  University,  Geo. 

Mr.  John  Silas  Young,  member  of  the  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterian Church,  Lebanon,  Tenn,,  and  graduate  of  Cumber- 
land University. 

Mr.  Matthew  Hale  Houston,  member  of  the  Waynesboro' 
Church  in  Lexington  Presbytery,  and  graduate  of  Washington 
College,  Ya. 

Mr.  William  U.  Murkland,  member  of  the  College  Church, 
in  West  Hanover  Presbytery,  and  graduate  of  Hampden 
Sidney  College,  Va. 

Mr.  Robert  H.  Nail,  candidate  of  the  Presbytery  of  East 
Alabama,  and  graduate  of  Oglethorpe  LTniversity,  Geo. 

During  the  four  years,  in  the  generally  thinly  occupied 
condition  of  the  building,  and  the  want  of  means  for  proper 
repairs,  by  the  ordinary  course  of  decay  in  such  circumstances, 


412  TNiON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY.         [Appendix, 

both  the  buildings  and  enclosures  have  become  considerably 
dilapidated.  Lawless  persons  have  taken  advantage  of  the 
times  to  depredate  on  the  contents  of  the  rooms,  to  some 
extent,  and  some  articles  of  furniture  have  suifered  for  want 
of  the  attention  which  constant  use  supplies.  The  Library  is 
in  good  condition,  though  a  few  books  have  been  misplaced, 
probably  through  the  negligence  of  persons  who  had  the  use 
of  them  sometimes  without  the  Librarian's  knowledge. 

Lentil  last  July,  the  funds  of  the  institution  continued, 
to  yield  the  usual  income,  and  they  had  considerably  in- 
creased nominally,  though  the  depreciation  of  the  currency  of 
the  country  greatly  reduced  their  real  value.  By  the  generosity 
of  the  friends  of  the  Seminary,  by  other  than  professional 
labors,  and  by  a  very  stringent  economy,  the  professors  con- 
tinued at  their  posts  with  the  single  exception  that  one  of 
their  number  was  employed  for  some  months  in  the  army  as  a 
a  chaplain  or  an  officer,  with  the  approval  of  the  Board.  In  July, 
however,  there  was  no  income  from  the  funds.  So  much  of  the 
funds  of  the  institution  as  was  invested  in  Bank  stocks  is  totally 
lost ;  the  amount  is  from  sixteen  to  twenty  thousand  dollars. 
Tlie  remaining  funds,  amounting^  to  the  best  of  our  knowledge, 
to  ninety  or  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  consist  of  State 
and  other  securities,  which  may  ultimately  be  available  as 
sources  of  income.  For  the  i3resent,  and  we  know  not  how 
much  longer,  the  institution  has  not  a  cent  of  income  from 
any  source.  During  the  last  summer,  some  benevolent  persons 
of  the  Presbyterian  churches  in  Baltimore,  understanding  the 
straightened  condition  of  the  Seminary,  and  the  prospective 
difficulty  of  keeping  it  open,  conceived  the  idea  of  offering 
aid.  They  made  contributions  in  money  and  goods,  and  sent 
them  by  one  of  their  number,  who,  on  ascertaining  more  fully 
the  condition  of  the  institution,  pro])Osed  that  one  of  the  pro- 
fessors should  visit  Baltimore  to  make  further  collections  for 
the  temporary  support  of  the  Seminary.  This  was  done.  'On 
reaching  Baltimore,  he  was  most  cordially  welcomed  by  those 
whose  friendly  and  sympathizing  sentiments  for  Southern 
people,  had,  for  years,  endeared  them  to  thousands  of  sufferers 
by  wounds  and  disease  and  imprisonment.  He  ap])lied  to  no 
others.  After  spending  two  weeks  in  Baltimore,  he  was  en- 
couraged to  extend  his  visit  to  New  York.  After  spending 
about  three  weeks  in  all,  in  the  prosecution  of  his  object,  it 
was  left  for  farther  effort  in  the  hands  of  a  most  efficient  and 
zealous  clergyman  of  Baltimore.  It  has  been  since  ascertained 
that  six  thousand  dollars  have  been  raised,  nearly  two-thirds 
of  which  have  been  paid.  Part  of  these  funds  are  to  be 
applied  for  necessary  repairs,  and  part  for  the  aid  of  indigent 


A.  D.  1865.]        UNIOX   THEOLOGICAL    SEMINARY.  413 

students.  Doubtless,  1)ut  for  pecuniaiy  difficulties,  more  of 
tlieui  would  now  be  at  the  Seminary.  It  is  important  they 
should  be.  Having  lost  their  means,  often  injured  their  health, 
and  expended  four  years  in  military  service,  they  have  not 
the  funds  for  supporting  themselves  while  studying,  and  have 
not  the  time,  even  if  the  few  and  thronged  avenues  for  gain 
afforded  the  opportunity  for  engaging  in  remunerative  labors. 
Under  these  circumstances,  the  Faculty  recommended  to 
the  Synod  of  Virginia  that  measures  should  be  promptly 
adopted,  for  securing  such  aid  that  no  student  need  hesitate 
in  pursuing  his  theological  studies.  They  felt  that  this  was 
not  only  an  act  of  justice  to  these  young  men,  but  one  of  the 
soundest  policy  on  the  part  of  the  Church.  There  may  be,  for 
reasons  of  temporary  force,  and  in  special  localities,  a  redun- 
dancy of  ministers,  but  a  few  years  of  the  ordinary  ravages  of 
death,  and  of  the  natural  increase  of  population,  not  to  mention 
what  may  accrue  by  immigration,  will  effect  great  changes  in 
the  aspect  of  the  Church.  It  is  therefore  believed  that  prompt 
and  zealous  efforts  should  be  made»to  sustain  the  means  for 
furnishino-  our  people  increasing  numbers  of  able  and  faithful 
ministers  of  the  gospel.  In  compliance  with  these  views,  the 
Synod  of  Yirginia  adopted  means  for  raising  contributions 
for  the  support  of  both  professors  and  students  ;  and  directed 
a  member  of  the  Faculty  to  resume  the  agency  for  the  col- 
lection of  funds  in  Baltimore  and  at  other  points  Korth, 
among  persons  favorable  to  Southern  interests,  both  for  tem- 
porary sustentation  and  for  replacing  the  lost  endowmciit. 
This  has  been  begun  with  encouraging  ])rospects  of  success. 
These  plans  having  been  reported  to  the  Synod  of  ISTorth 
Carolina,  were  also  heartily   approved  by  that  body. 

The  undersigned  beg  leave  to  conclude  this  report  by  an 
earnest  appeal,  through  the  Assembly,  to  the  churches  and 
the  people  for  their  renewed  and  fervent  prayers  for  the 
school  of  the  prophets  over  which  the  Head  of  the  Church  has 
called  them  to  preside. 

[Signed!  SAMUEL  B.  WILSOX, 

B.  M.  SMITH, 
THOMAS  E.  PECK, 
R.  L.  DABXEY, 
Faculty  of  Union  SeminarV- 

Union  Th-io.  8em.^  Prince  Edward  co.^    Va.,  Dec.  5, 1865, 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST 


OF 


MINISTERS  AiND  LICENTIATES. 


Adams,  "Wm.  H.,  Eufaula,  Ala. 
Adger,  D.  D.,  J.  B.,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
Alexander,  Henry  C.,  Charlotte  C.  H.,  Va. 
Alexander,  James  C,  Greenesboro',  N.  C. 
Alexander,  J.  C,  Milton,  Tenn. 
Alexander,  J.  H.  Kosciusko,  Miss. 
Alexander,  .J.  H.,  Quitman,  Ga. 
Alexander,  S.  C,  White  Hall,  N.  C. 
Alexander,  S.  C,  Black  River  Chapel,  N.  C 
Alexander,  Thomas,  Cotton  Gin,  Texas. 
Anderson,  E.,  Summerfield,  Al.-i. 
Anderson,  .John,  .Jacksonport,  Miss. 
Anderson,  .J.,  Clarkesville,  Texas. 
Anderson,  .J.  Monroe,  Yorkville,  S.  C. 
Anderson,  Rotit.  C,  Martinsville,  Va. 
Anderson,  Robt.  B.,  York\ille,  S.  C. 
^Vnderson,  Robert  N.,  Cairo,  Va. 
Anderson,  W.  A.,  Newbem,  Tenn. 
Arbuthiiot,  J.  S. 

Armistead,  D.  D.,  Jesse  S.,  Farmville,  Va. 
Armistead,  C.  J. 

Armstrong,  D.  D.,  G.  D.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Atkinson,  C.  M.,  Canton,  Miss. 
Atkinson,  .Joseph  M.,  Raleigh,  JT.  C. 
Atkinson,  D.  D.,  J.  M.  P.  Hampden  Sidney,  Va. 
Axson,  D.  D.,  I.  S.  K.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Axson,  Samuel  E.,  Rome,  Ga. 

Backman,  N.,  Kingsport,  Tenn. 

Bailey,  J.  S.,  McConnellsville,  S.  C. 

Bain,  John  R.,  Ivashville,  Tenn. 

Baird,  D.  D.,  E.  T.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Baird,  J.ames  R.,  Yorkville,  S.  C. 

Baird,  Washington. 

Baker,  Archibald,  Madison,  Fla. 

Baker,  C.  A.,  Louisville,  Ala. 

Baker,  D.  S.,  Port  Gibson,  Miss. 

Baker,  John  F.,  Holcombe's  Rock,  Va. 

Baker,  .John  W.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Baker,  R.  M.,  Buena  Vista,  Ga. 

Baker,  William  E.,  Staunton,  Va. 

Baker,  William  M. 

Balch,  li.  T.,  Mindcn,  La. 

Balentine,  II.,  Hoggy  Ilepot,  C.  N.,  Ark. 

Jianks,  Alexander  R.,  Tulip,  Ark. 

Banks,  H.  H.,  Ifazlewood,  S.  C. 

Banks,  William,  Hazh-wood,  S.  C. 

Bard,  Sam'l,  Monroe,  I^a. 

Bardwell,  .J.,  Hhumilak,  Miss. 

Barkl(-v',  Andrew  H.,  Crawfordsville,  Miss. 

Barr,  .1.  Calvin,  Jjcwisburg,  Va. 

Barr,  James  S.,  Fancy  Hill,  N.  C. 

Bartlett,  J.  L.,  .Sumter,  S.  C. 

Bartlettc,  W.  F.  V.,  Natchez,  Miss. 

Beach,  Charles,  Cbarlottesville,  Va. 


Beall,  B.  L.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
Beattie,  Alexander,  Arkadelphia,  Ark. 
Beattie,  James,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Bell,  .John,  Greenville,  Tenn. 
Bell,  Robert,  Erata,  Miss. 
Bell,  Robert  S.,  Washington,  Va. 
Bell,  T.  D.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Beman,  D.  D.,  C.  P.,  Mount  Zion,  Ga. 
Benton,  Thomas  H.,  SkuUyville,  Ark. 
Berry,  Robert  T. 

Bertron,  Samuel  R.,  Port  Gibson,  Miss. 
BUlings,  Silas,  Duflield's,  Va. 
Bingham,  Sam'l  J.,  Gainesville  Junction,  Miss. 
Bittenger,  E.  C. 

Black,  Duncan  B.,  Burgaw,  N.  C. 
Blackburn,  John  N.,  Boston,  Tenn. 
Blackburn,  .J.  N.,  Camp  Creek,  Tenn. 
Blain,  John  S.,  Deei-field,  V<i. 
Blain,  Samuel  W.,  Greenwood  Depot,  Va. 
Blair,  Alexander  A. 
Blair,  B.  B. 

Blair,  William  C,  Goliad,  Texas. 
Blanton,  Ijindsaj'  H.,  Salem,  Va. 
Bocock,  D.  D.,  John  H.,  Halifax  C.  H.,  Va. 
Boggs,  D.  C„  Winnsboro',  S.  C. 
Boggs,  G.  "\\ .,  Camden,  Ala. 
Boggs,  George  W.,  Winnsboro',  S.  C. 
Boggs,  W.  E.,  Winnsboro',  S.  C. 
Boone,  Joseph,  Round  Top,  Texas, 
j  Boozer,  John  I.,  I'ine  Blult',  Ark. 
Boude,  Heniy  B.,  Forsyth,  Ga. 
Bowden,  Nathan  T.,  I'owelton,  N.  C. 
Bow-man,  D.  D.,  Francis,  Farmville,  Va. 
Bowman,  F.  H.,  Mount  Sidney,  Va. 
j  Bowman,  J.  Rice,  Buckingham  C.  H.,  Va. 
jBoyd,  C.  L.  R.,  Cross  Keys,  Ala. 
I  Boyd,  T.  M. 

iBrackett,  G.  R.,  Rowan  Mills,  N.  C. 
Bradk^y,  Robert,  Kingstrec,  S.  C. 
Bradshaw,  .James  N.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Bradshaw,  T.  li.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn. 
Brearley,  II.  M.,  Clio,  S.  C. 
Brearly,  William,  Darlington,  S.  C. 
Briscoe,  John  P.,  Blountville,  Tenn. 
Bright,  J.  E.,  Minden,  La. 
Brooks,  W.  C. 

Brown,  Henry,  Richmond,  Va. 
Brown,  H.  C. 

Brown,  Hugh  A.,  Mossing  Ford,  Va. 
Brown,  J.  D.  A.,  Mars'  Bluft,  8.  C. 
Brown,  John  Calvin,  Fr;inkfort,  West  Va. 
Brown,  .Joseph,  Amelia  C.  H.,  Va. 
Brown,  Lee  C,  Hillsvllle,  Va. 
Brown,  Samuel,  Lexington,  Va. 
Brown,  S.  S.,  SliongJUo,  Miss. 


A.  D.  1865.]  MINISTEES  AXD  LICENTIATES. 


415 


Brown,  Thomas,  AViingdon,  Va. 

Brown,  Thomas,  Philadelphia,  Tenn. 

Brown,  1>.  I).,  "\Villiam,  Hlchmond,  Va. 

Brown,  B.,  Sprins;  Place,  Ga. 

Buist,  E.  H.,  Xewberry,  S.  C. 

Buisl,  D.  1).,  Edward  T.,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

Bunting,  K.  V.,  Xashville,  Tcnn. 

Burgett,  .7.  R.,  Mobile,  Alu. 

Biirkhead,  J.  D.  W.,  Lowndcsville,  S.  C. 

Burwell,  Koliert,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Butler,  G.  W.,  Skipperville,  Ala. 

Buttolph,  D.  L.,  Kiceboro',  Ga. 

Byers,  R.  II.,  Waverly,  Texas. 

Byington,  Cyrus,  Eagle  Town,  C.  N.,  Ark. 

Caldwell,  A.  H.,  Sardis,  Miss. 

Caldwell,  C.  K.,  Pittsboro',  N.  C. 

Caldwell,  George  A.,  Athens,  Ga. 

Caldwell,  J.  M.'  M.,  8tatesville,  X.  C. 

Caldwell,  John  M.,  Rockford,  Teun. 

Caldwell,  O.  B. 

Caldwell,  Robert,  Pulaiiki,  Tenn. 

Caldwell,  R.  H.,  Query's  Turn-Out,  X.  C. 

Caldwell,  W.  E.,  Elklon,  Tenn. 

Calhoun,  X.  W.,  Harrison  bui-g,  Va. 

Calhoun,  P.,  Xew  Orleans,  La. 

Calvin,  Jo!=eph  IL,  Oakland  College,  Miss. 

Campbell,  A.  D.,  Clayton,  Ala. 

Campbell,  Duncan  A'.,  Brandon,  Miss. 

Campbell,  E.  8.,  Humboldt,  Teun. 

Campbell,  R.  B.,  Canton,  Miss. 

Campbell,  S.  B.,  Henderson's  Mills,  Tenn. 

Campbell,  William  A.,  Powhatan  C.  H.,  Va. 

Campbell,  ^\'m.  G.,  t^taunton,  Va. 

Carlile,  William,  Anderson  C.  IL,  S.  C. 

Carothers,  .T.  X.,  Houston,  Miss. 

Carothers,  W.  W.,  Yorkville,  S.  C. 

Carrington,  Alexander  B.,  Abingdon,  Va. 

CaiToll,  J.  Halsted,  Xew  Haven,  Ct. 

Carruth,  T.  A.,  Micanopy,  Fla. 

Carson,  John  C,  Mills  River,  X.  C. 

Carter,  H.  C. 

Carter,  Thomas  X.,  Fincastle,  Texas. 

Carter,  W.  A.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Carter,  William  B.,  Elizabetlitown,  Tenn. 

Cartledge,  Groves  H.,  Bold  .Spring,  Ga. 

C-iruthers,  D.  I).,  Eli  W.,  Gilmer's  Store,  X.  C. 

Case,  Joel  T.,  Victoria,  Texas. 

Castleton,  Thomas. 

Cater,  Edwin,  Sumnierville,  Tenn.  •« 

C^hamberlain,  Hiram,  Brownsville,  Texas. 

t;hambcrlain,  X.  P.,  Thibodeaux,  La. 

Chandler,  A.  E.,  Madison,  Fla. 

Chiipmau,  J.  B. 

Ch^ipman,  D.  D.,  R.  Hett,  Hcndeigon,  X.  C. 

Chase,  D.  1).,  Benjamin,  Xatchez,  Miss. 

Chevalier,  Xicholas,  Gonzales,  Texas. 

Cleghorn,  Elisha  B.,  Xew  York. 

Cleland,  Thomas  H.,  LTnion  Church,  Miss. 

Cleveland,  T.  P.,  Danielsville,  Ga. 

Cli8l)y,  A.  W.,  Thomasville,  Ga. 

Clymer,  John  W.,  Woodstock,  Va. 

Coble,  John  H.,  Gilopolis,  X.  C, 

Cochran,  Isaac,  Darlington  Heights,  Va. 

Cochran,  John  M.,  Victoria,  Texas. 

Cochran,  David,  Jackson,  Tenn. 

Coit,  George  H.,  Americus,  Ga. 

Colton,  D.  D.,  Simeon,  Asheboro',  X.  C. 

Colton,  J.  H.,  Jackson's  Spring,  X.  C. 

Comfort,  David. 

Connelly,  J.  M.,  Columbus,  Texas. 

Connolly,  Malcolm,  C,  Bronham,  Texas. 

Converse,  D.  D.,  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Converse,  F.  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Cooper,  R.  E. 

Copeland,  Charles  C,  Wheelock,  C.  X.,  Ark. 

Corbett,  William  B.,  Cheraw,  S.  C. 

Cozby,  J.  S.,  Bryan  C.  H.,  Ga. 

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I  Couaar,  James  A.,  Selkirk,  8.  C. 
I  Craig,  John  X.,  Lancaster,  S.  C. 
\  Crane,  Edward  P.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
j  Crane,  William  H.,  (^uincy,  Fla. 

(;rawford,  A\'.  A.,  SVinchester,  Va. 
!  Crawford,  A.  L.,  Warren,  Ark. 
!  Crawford,  T.  C,  Dirt  Town,  Ga. 
|CuniminH,  D.  H.,  Covington,  Tenn. 
jCJumpston,  E.  IL,  Tennellytown,  D.  C. 
,  Cunningham,  A.  X.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
I  Cunningham,  liavid  IL,  Mountain  Cove,  Va. 

Cunningham,  D.  I).,  IL  B.,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
j  Cunningham,  William  M.,  Lagrange,  Ga. 
jCuriie,  Archibald,  Hillsboi'o',"X.  C. 

Curr(Jj-,  R.  O.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Curtis,  L.  W. 

Custer,  Philander  M.,  Mt.  Meridian,  Va. 

Dabncy,  D.  D.,  R.  L.,  Hampden  Sidney,  Va. 

Dalton,  P.  H.,  High  Point,  X.  C. 

Dana,  William  C,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Daniels,  J.  .T.,  Auburn,  Miss. 

Davidson,  E.  C,  Water  Valley,  Miss. 

Da%idson,  Joseph  T.,  Homer,  La. 

Davies,  J.  A.,  Yorkville,  S.  C. 
IDavies,  S.  TV'.,  Augusta,  Ark. 

Davis,  John  IL,  Charlotte,  C.  H.,  Va. 
IDavis,  Robert  X.,  Lincolnton,  X.  C. 
I  Davis,  D.  D.,  8.  S.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Da%-i8,  Thomas  E.,  Davidson  College,  X.  C. 

Davis,  William  IL,  Mount  Carmel,  S.  C. 

Deane,  Henry  L.,  Griffin,  Ga. 

Denny,  John  C,  Monticello,  X.  C. 

Denny,  G.  H. 

DeVeaux,  T.  L.,  Lowndcsboro',  Ala. 

Dickson,  A.  F...  Orangeburg,  S.  C. 

Dickson,  11.  R.;  Rockhill,  S.C. 

Dickson,  Michael,  Milford,  Texas. 

Dinwiddle,  Wm.  M.,  Boston,  Ga. 

Doak,  D.*D.,  Alexander  A.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Doak,  Daniel  G.,  Oxford,  Miss. 

Doak,  J.  W.  K.,  Greenville,  Tenn. 

Doak,  D.  D.,  Samuel  W.,  Greenville,  Tenn. 

Dobbs,  C.  H.,  Durant,  Miss. 

Dod,  C.  S.,  Plaquemine,  La. 

Doll,  J.,  Yanceyville,  X.  C. 

Donnelly,  S.,  Greenwood,  S.  C. 

Doremus,  D.  D.,  J.  E.  C,  Rosedale,  La. 

Douglas,  James,  Blackstocks,  S.  C. 

Douglas,  John,  Charlotte,  X.  C. 

Douglas,  R.  L.,  Unionville,  S;  C. 

Dow,  elohn  R.,  Aiken,  S.  C. 

Downing,  J.  G.,  Lawrence\-ille,  Ga. 

DuBose,  John  E.,  Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Dudley,  Jacob  D.,  Dover  Mills,  Va. 

Dunlap,  Mitchell  D.,  Academy,  Va. 

Dunlop,  James  E.,  Bainbridge,  Ga. 

Dunlop,  William  C.,  Marshall,  Texas. 

Dunwody,  James  B.,  M.anetta,  Ga. 

Dutton,  b.  D.,  Warren  B.,  Charlestown,  Va. 

Eagleton,  George  E.,  Concord  P.  O.,  X.  O. 

Eagleton,  D.  D.,  Wm.,  Mui-freesboro',  Tenn. 

Edwards,  John,  Wheelock,  C.  X.,  Ark. 

Eells,  Edward,  Keachl,  La. 

Eldridge,  E.  D. 

Emerson,  Luther,  Middlebrook,  Va. 

Emerson,  W.  C,  Meridian,  Miss. 

English,  Thomas  R.,  Mayesville,  S.  C. 

Enloe,  Asahel,  Springport,  Miss. 

EiTvin,  T.  W.,  Blackstocks,  S.  C. 

ICvans,  R.  R.,  Germantown,  Tenn. 

Ewing,  Daniel  B.,  Dublin,  Va. 

Ewing,  F.  L. 

Ewing,  John  D.,  Lisbon,  Va. 

Fairley,  David,  Manchester,  N.  C. 
Farnham,  Baldwin. 


416 


ALPnABETICAL   LIST    OF 


[Appendix, 


Farrow,  W.  T. 

Faucette,  Thomas  U.,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

Ferguson,  A.  N.,  Crane's  Creek,  N.  C. 

Ferrill,  George  W.,  Tally  Ho,  N.  C. 

Finnev,  E.  1).,  "Washington,  Miss. 

Fisk,  Pliny,  DoaksviUe,  N.  C. 

Fitzgerald,  James  H.,  Buckingham  C.  H.,  Va. 

Flanagan,  .Tames  H.,  Kingswood,  Va. 

Fletcher,  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Flinn,  William,  Milledgeville.  Ga. 

Foote,  D.  I).,  AVilliam  11.,  Komuey,  Va. 

Ford,  J.  Franklin,  Mindeii,  La. 

Foremen,  Stephen,  Tahlequah,  Ark. 

Forrest,  D.  D.,  John,  Charleston,  y.  C. 

Foster,  G.  R.,  Wgtumpka,  Ala. 

Frary,  J.  L.,  Shepherdstown,  Va. 

Fraser,  Donald,  Madison,  Fla. 

Freeman,  .J.  F.  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Frierson,  D.  E.,  Jewries'  Creek,  8.  C. 

Frierson,  Edward  O.,  Gourdin's  Depot,  S.  C. 

Frierson,  J.  Simpson,  Ashwood,  Tenn. 

Frierson,  J.  Stephenson,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Tenn. 

Frierson,  S.  R.,  Starkville,  Miss. 

Frontis,  Stephen,  Deep  Well,  N.  C. 

Frost,  J.  H.,  Corpus  Christi,  Texas. 

FuUinwider,  P.  H.,  Huntsville,  Texas. 

Gaillard,  J.  H.,  Tupelo,  Miss. 
Gaillard,  8.  S.,  Greenville,  C.  IL,  S.  C. 
Galloway,  S.,  Midyille,  Ga. 
Gamhle,  James. 

Garrison,  R.  C,  Woodville,  Tenn. 
Gaston,  LeRoy  B.,  Enterprise,  Miss. 
Geary,  John  M.,  Plain's  Store,  La. 
Gibhs,  George  M.,  Clinton,  N.  C. 
Gihert,  .Joseph,  Mount  Olive,  Miss. 
Gihert,  J.  F.,  Abbeville  C.  H.,  S.  C. 
Gildersleeve,  Benjamin,  Al)ingdon,  Va. 
Gill,  Sidney  S.,  Hickory  Withe,  Tenn. 
Gilland,  James  R.,  Indian  Town,  S..  C. 
Gillespie,  James  H.,  Denmark,  Tenn. 
Gillespie,  W.  F.,  Liberty,  Miss. 
Gilmer,  George  H.,  Farmville,  Va. 
Gilmer,  T.  Walker. 
Gilmore,  J.  H.,  Kerr's  Creek,  Va. 
Girardeau,  J.  L.,  Charleston,  S.  O. 
Gladney,  R.  S.,  Aberdeen,  Miss. 
Goulding,  Francis  R.,  Macon,  Ga. 
Graham,  James  R.,  Winchester,  Va. 
Graham,  John  C,  Moscow,  Texas. 

(iraham, ,  Covington,  La. 

Graham,  Robert  C,  Mack's  Meadows,  Va. 
(irasty,  John  S.,  Fincastle,  Va. 
(Iraves,  A.  R.,  Zion  Seminary,  Miss, 
(i raves,  Kli,  Quitman,  Ga. 
Graves,  E.,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Graves,  Joel  S.,  Greenfield,  Ga. 
Graves,  K.  Z.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Graves,  Robert  J.,  Oaks,  N.  C. 
Graves,  William,  Mills  iiiver,  N.  C. 
Gray,  D.  D.,  J.  II.,  Memijhis,  Teim. 
Gray,  Robert,  Sydnersville,  Va. 
Gray,  William  A.,  Rij)lev,  Miss. 
Gready,  AVilliam  P.,  Wa'lhalla,  S.  C. 
Green,  E.  H.,  Mount  Pleasant,  Texas, 
(ireen,  E.  M.,  Washington,  Ga. 
Greer,  James,  Covington,  Ga. 
Gregg,  W.  A.,  Mar's  Blufj;  S.  C. 

Hagaman,  Abraham,  Lake  Providence,  La. 

Hall,  Georg(^  Fayette,  Miss. 

Hall,  James  D.,  Woodlawn,  N.  < '. 

Hall,  J.  M.,  Vienna,  La. 

Hall,  Samuel  B.,  Centreville,  Miss. 

Hall,  W.  A.,  New  Orieans,   La., 

Hall,  William  A.,  Eaton,  Tenn. 

7I.dl,  William  T. 

JIall,  William,  Oxford,  Ala. 

llalliday,  H.  F. 


Halloway,  A.  H. 

Hamilton,  William  E.,  Monticello,  Fla. 
Handy,  I.  W.  K.,  Portsmouth,  Va. 
Hardie,  Henry,  Woodstock,  Va. 
Hardin,  1).  D.,  Robert. 
Harding,  E.  H. 

Harris,  .John  K.,  Lynchbnrg,  Va. 
Harris,  .John  M.,  Romney,  Va. 
Harris,  -J.  L.,  Somerville,  Va. 
Harrison,  1).,  Liberty  Hill,  S.  C. 
Harrison,  I'eyton,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Harrison,  William,  New  Market,  Tenn. 
Harrison,  W.  A.,  Courtland,  Ala. 
Harrison,  W.  P.,  Knox  Hill,  Fla. 
Hart,  Andrew,  Pattonsburg,  Va. 
Hart,  Edson,  New  Oilcans,  La. 
Harvey,  Holmes  L.,  Alpine,  Ala. 
Hatch,  L.  D.,  Greensboro',  Ala. 
Hawes,  H.  H.,  Ford's,  Va. 
Hay,  S.  H.,  Camden,  S.  C. 
Haynes,  James,  Indian  Creek,  Va. 
Hazen,  James  K.,  Prattville,  Ala. 
Hendec,  Homer,  Macon,  Ga. 
Henderson,  I.  J. 

Henderson,  D.  C,  Wynnesboro',  La. 
Henderson,  R.,  Danville,  Miss. 
IIcMdrick,  C.  S. 

Hepburn,  A.  1).,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
Herring,  Ncedham  W.,  Kenansville,  N.  C. 
Higgins,  1).  D.,  Samuel  Hall. 
Hill,  H.  G.,  Hillsboro',  N.  C. 
Hillhouse,  J.  B.,  Steele's,  B.  C. 
Hines,  Edwa.id,  Sassafras  Fork,  N.  C. 
Hodge,  Samuel,  Broylesville,  Tenn. 
Hodgman,  S.  A.,  Hempstead,  Texas. 
Hoge,  .John  M.,  Johnsonville,  Ark. 
Hoge,  D.  D.,  Moses  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hogshead,  Alexander  L.,  CoUierstown,  Va. 
Hollander,  J.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Holmes,  D.  D.,  James,  Covington,  Tenn. 
Holmes,  Z.  L.,  Laurens  C.  H.,'  S.  C. 
Hood,  Jacob,  Mills  River,  N.  C. 
Hood,  Nathaniel,  Dandridge,  Tenn. 
Hooper,  T.  W.,  Christiansburg,  Va. 
Hopkins,  A.  C. 

Hotclikin,  Ebenezer,  DoaksviUe,  N.  C. 
Houston,  R.  A.,  Greenesboro',  Ga. 
Houston,  Samuel  R.,  Union,  Va. 
Houston,  R.  R.,  Rocky  Point,  Va. 
Houston,  W.  W.,  New  Hamjjden,  Va. 
Howe,  1>»  D.,  {ieorgc,  Columbia,  8.  C. 
Hoyt,  D.  D.,  Nathan,  Athens,  Ga. 
Hoyt,  J.  W.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Hughes,  A.  G.,  Mebanesville,  N.' C. 
Humphreys,  David,  Itock  Mills,  S.  C. 
Humphreys,  D.  W.,  Sardis,  Miss.  . 

Humphreys,  .Tames  M.,  Newbern,  Va. 
Hunter,  .Tohii,  .Jackson,  Miss. 
Huntington,  .J.,  Nashville,. Tenn. 
Hutchison,  D.  I).,  .T.  R.,  Houston,  Texas. 
Hutton,  C.  M.,  Sumtervlllo,  Ala. 
Hyde,  E.  F.,  Scutlletown,  S.  C. 
Hyde,  G.  C,  Atchafalaya,  Ala. 

Ii-win,  David  C,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Itfler,  8.  H.,  Burgaw,  N.  C. 

Jackson,  IMatlbcw  W.,  Rough  Creek,  Va» 
.Jacobs,  Ferdinand,  Washington,  Ga. 
Jacobs,  W.  P.,  Clinton,  S.  (_!. 
.lames,  Alliert  A.,  .lonesville,  S.  C. 
.Teiniings,  .Tames  H.,  ISIoomery,  Va. 
.Johnson,  Angus,  liyhalia,  Miss. 
Johnson,  A.  (J.,  Mruiassas,  Ga. 
Johnson,  Daniel,  Ciilo])()lis,  N.  C. 
.Tolinson,  T.  P.,  liatesville,  Miss. 
i. Johnson,  William. 
(Johnston,  F.  H.,  I>exington,  N.  C. 
'Joliiiston,  R.  Z.,  Providence,  N.  C. 


A.  D.  1865.]  MINISTERS    AND   LICENTIATES. 


417 


Jones,  John,  Griffin,  Ga. 
Jordan,  D.  E.,  Manison,  N.  C. 
Junkin,  E.  D.,  Brownsburg,  Va. 
Junkin,  William  F.,  Fancy  Hill,  Va. 

Kalopothakes,  M.  D.,  Athens,  Greece. 

Kaunnan,  J.  Henry,  IJaltimore,  Md. 

Keith,  William  J.,  Griffin,  Ga. 

Kelly,  J. 

Kenmore,  Charles,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Kennedy,  James  C.,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Kennedy,  J.  C,  Ridgeway,  S.  O. 

Kennedy,  J.  L.,  Williams'ton,  S.  C. 

Kennedy,  R.  P.,  Highland,  Va. 

Kennedy,  R.  W.  B.^Pleaeant  Ridge,  Ala. 

Kenned}-,  W.  L.,  Pleasant  Ridge,  Ala. 

Kerr,  D.  I).,  A.  H.,  Delta,  Tenn. 

Ken-,  H.  M.,  Water  Valley,  Miss. 

Kerr,  J.  W.,  Columbus,  Miss. 

Ketchum,  R.  C,  Clarksville,  Ga. 

Kilpatrick,  W.  M.,  Mocksville,  N.  C. 

Kimmons,  John  A.,  Saltillo,  Miss. 

King,  Charles  B.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

King,  James,  Bristol,  Tenn. 

King,  J.  L.,  Perrj-,  Ga. 

King,  John  R.,  Holston  Valley,  Tenn. 

King,  W.  M.,  Garden  Valley,  Texas. 

King,  8.  A.,  Melford,  Texas. 

Kingsbury,  D.  D.,  C,  Doaksville,  C.  N.,  Ark: 

Kirkland,  A.,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Kirkpatrlck,D.  D.,J.  L.,  Da\idson  Col.,  N.  C. 

Kirkpatrick,  John  M.,  Danville,  Va. 

Kline,  A.  L.,  Columbia,  Tenn. 

Krider,  B.  Scott,  Ro-wan  Mills,  N.  C. 

Lacy,  Beverly  T.,  Wytheville,  Va. 

Lacy,  D.  D.,  Drury,  Wilson,  N.  C. 

Lacy,  M.  L.,  Charlotte  C.  H.,  Va. 

Lacy,  William  S.,  El  Dorado,  Ark. 

Lacy,  William  8. 

Lafar,  D.  X.,  Anderson  C.  H.,  8.  C. 

Ijiflerty,  R.  H.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Lamar,  T.  J.,  M.srj-A-ille,  Tenn. 

Lambe,  H.  B.,  Natchez,  Miss. 

Lane,  Charles  W.,  Greenesboro',  Ga. 

Lanneau,  John  F.,  Marietta,  Ga. 

I>ap8lfey,  D.  D.,  R.  A.,  Shelby  Springs,  Ala. 

Larkin, ,  McLeod,  Miss. 

Law,  T.  H.,  Florence,  S.  C. 

Lawrence,  A.  B.,  Bo\ina,  Miss. 

Lea,  T.  D.,  Paulding,  Miss. 

Leach,  D.  D.,  J.  H.  C!.,  Farmville,  Va. 

Leavenworth,  A.  J.,  Petersburg,  Va. 

Lee,  Edmund,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Lee,  William  States,  Graniteville,  8.  C 

Leftwich,  J.  T.,  Wytheville,  Va. 

Legare,  I.  ?.  K..  Ort'.ngeburtr,  8.  C. 

Legare,  T.  11.,  Or.iiiifi;burg,  S.  C. 

Leland,  D.  D  ,  .1.  Y,'.,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Leps,  James  H. 

Lewis,  J.  N.,  Richmond,  Ala. 

Le-wis,  Reuben,  Holcombe's  Rock.  Va. 

Leyburn,  George  W.;  Liberty,  Va. 

Leyburn,  D.  D.,  John,  New  York. 

Lilley,  John,  Micco,  Ark. 

Ijndley,  Daniel,  Port  Natal,  South  Africa. 

Lindsay,  J.  O.,  Mount  Carmel,  8.  C. 

Lindsley,  D.  D.,  J.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Little,  James,  Gainesville,  Fla. 

Lockridge,  A.  Y.,  Ringgold,  Ga. 

Long,  I.  J.,  Sumter,  8.  C. 

I.ove,  8.  J.,  Natchez,  Miss. 

Loughridge,  A.  J.,  Alta  Springs,  Texas. 

Loughridge,  R.  M.,  Alta  Springs,  Texas. 

Lupton,  Jonah  W.,  Winchester,  Va. 

Lynch,  Thomas,  MebanesviHe,  N.  C. 

Lyon,  D.  D.,  James  A.,  Columbus,  Miss. 

Lyons,  J.,  Jetlersonville,  Va. 


Mack,  J.  B.,  Mayesville,  S.  C. 

Mack,  D.  D.,  William,  Columbia,  Tenn. 

Mallard,  Robert  Q.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Marablc,  B.  F.,  Warsaw,  N.  C. 

Markham,  Thomas  R.,  Now  Orleans. 

Marks,'Richard  T.,  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va. 

Marshall,  D.  D.,  M.  M.,  Vaiden,  Miss. 

Marshall,  D.  D.,  Wm.  K.,  Henderson,  Texas. 

Martin,  Alexander,  Aspenwall,  Va. 

Martin,  C.  P.  B.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Martin,  Edward,  Nottoway  C.  H.,  Va. 

Martin,  James,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Martin,  Joseph  H.,  Guthriesville,  S.  C. 

Mathes,  A.  H.,  Graysburg,  Tenn. 

Matthews,  Wm.  H.,  Pittsylvania  C.  H.,  Va. 

Mecklin,  A.  H.,  Poplar  Creek,  Miss. 

Meredith,  J.  D.,  Cuba,  Tenn. 

Mickle,  Robert  A.,  Marion,  Ala. 

Millen,  8.  C,  Taylorsvillc,  N.  C. 

MiUer,  Arnold  W.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Miller,  Charles  A.,  Christiarsburg,  Va. 

Miller,  John,  Petersburi;,  \:i. 

Miller,  J.  W.,  Gay  Hiii,  T.xi.s. 

Miller,  Willis  L.,  Greenesboro',  N.  C. 

Milner,  R.  W.,  Acworth,  Ga. 

Mitchell,  J.  C,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Mitchell,  D.  D.,  J.  D.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Mitchell,  D.  D^  Wm.  H.,  Florence,  Ala. 

Monroe,  HughTA.,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

Montgomery,  A.  D., 

Montgomery,  James  8.,  Yazoo  City,  Miss. 

Montgomery,  John  W.,  Lawsonville,  N.  C. 

Montgomei-y,  8.  M. 

Montgomery,  T.  F.,  Hogansville,  Ga. 

Mobney,  A.  M.,  Pontotoc,  Miss. 

Moore,  J.  W.,  Austin,  Ark. 

Moore,  D.  D.,  Thomas  V.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Moore,  Wm.  D.,  Port  Gibson,  Miss. 

Moore,  William  S.,  Franklin,  N.  C. 

More,  Gaylord  L.,  Fort  Gaines,  Ga. 

Morey,  I.,  Franklin,  Tenn. 

Morgan,  Gilbert,  Sumter,  8.  C. 

Morgan,  N.  R.,  Eutaw,  Ala. 

Moms,  F.  C,  Osceola,  Ark. 

Morrison,  H.  M. 

Morrison,  James,  Brownsburg,  Va. 

Morrison,  James  E.,  Morven,  N.  C. 

Morrison,  L.  R.,  Cross  Timbers,  Mo. 

Morrison,  D.  D.,  R.  H.,  Cottage  Home,  N.  C. 

Momson,  William  N.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Morrison,  W.  W.,  New  Harmony,  Ala. 

Mon-ow,  C.  N.,  Asheboro',  N.  C. 

Morrow,  Thomas,  Somerville,  Ala. 

Morse,  A.  A.,  Due  West,  S.  C. 

Moseley,  Bennett  W.,  Oaklej-,  Va. 

Moscsley,  H.,  Palestme,  Texas. 

Moselej',  J.  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Mullaly,  F.  P.,  Pendleton,  S.  C. 

Murkland,  8.  8.,  Bethany  Church,  N.  C. 

Murray,  James,  Portsmouth,  Va. 

Murray,  L.,  Monticello,  Ark. 

Myers,  D.  D.,  Joseph  H. 

McAllister,  Hector,  Kyle's  Landing,  N.  C. 

McAUister,  R.  8.,  Fort  Mill,  8.  C. 

McAuley,  W.  H.,  Uniontown,  Ala. 

McBryde,  Duncan  Daniel,  Averasboro'  N.  C. 

McCallie,  T.  H.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

McC.-»llum,  Angus,  Union  Cliurch,  Miss. 

McCampbell,  J.,  Lexington,  Miss. 

McChaui,  James,  Abingdon,  Va. 

McCombs,  G.  B.,   Beech  Grove,  Tenn. 

McConnell,  J.  A.,  Camden,  Miss. 

McConnell,  William,  Houma,  La. 

McCord,  J.  W.,  Walnut  Grove,  Ark. 

McCorkle,  A.  B.,  Talladega,  Ala. 

McCorkle,  F.  A.,  Greenville,  Tenn. 

McCormick,  William  J.,  Gainesville,  Fla. 

McCoy,  H.  P.  R.,  Charlottesville,  Va.       / 

McCoy,  Robert. 


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ALPHABETICAL   LIST  OF 


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McDcarmon,  .Tumes,  E\ergreen,  Va. 
Mo.Doiiald,  lleniy.  Port  Gibson,  Miss. 
McDonald,  Neill,  Fayctteville,  X.  C. 
McDonald,  AV.  A.,  Morrison's  Tan  Yard,  Jf.  C. 
McDowell,  Janu's,  Manning,  S.  C. 
McDuffie,  D..  Lynchw-ood,  S.  C. 
McElheuny,  D.  D.,  Jobn,  Lewisburg,  Va. 
McKarland,  D.  D.,  Francis,  Mint  Spring,   Va. 
McFt'.Htters,  Matthew,  Texana,  Texas. 
McGuttcy,  D.  D.,  LL.I).,  \V.  A.,  Univ.  of  Va. 
Mcllwaine,  Ru-hard,  Farnivillc,  Va. 
Mclnuis,  K.,  Entcriirise,  Miss. 
Mcintosh,  John  K.,  Eufaula,  Ala. 
Mclntyrc,  K. 

Mclver,  John  L.,  Butfalo,  N.  C. 
McKay,  Ncill,  8uinmur\'ille,  N.  C. 
McKec,  James  M.,  Orion,  Ala. 
McKinney,  C,  Entei-prise,  Miss. 
McKinney,  D.  D.,  Samuel,  New   River,  La. 
McKinuon,  L.,  Gilopolis,  N.  C. 
McKiltriclv,  John,  Oak  Hill,  Oa. 
MeLees,  II.  W.,  Sadler's  Creek,  S.  C. 
McLees,  John,  Greenwood,  S.  C. 
McLees,  Robert,  Seneca,  S.  C: 
McLean,  Hector,  Malta,  N".  C. 
McLean,  M.  J.,  Bridge\illc,  Ala. 
McLean,  J.  M.,  Mobfle,  Ala. 
McLure,  D.  M.,  Kingstree,  S.  C. 
McMartin,  P.  A. 

McMillan,  Andrew,  Springfield,  K.  C. 
McMillan,  John.  Cross  Timbers,  Mo. 
McMullen,  D.  D.,  R.  B.,  Clarksville,  Tenn. 
McMun-an,  J.  W.,  Pine  View,  Va. 
McMurran,  R.  S.,  Glade  Springs,  Va. 
McMm-r.-iy,  P'rane.is,  Union  Springs,  Ala. 
McN'air,  i)aiiiel,  Galveston,  Texas. 
McNair,  E.,  Williamsport,  La. 
McNair,  Evamler,  Euliuila,  Ala. 
McN'air,  Malcolm,  Gilopolis,  N.  C. 
McNecley,  L.,«llillsboro',  Ark. 
MclSTeiley,  J.  H. 

McNeill,  Hector,  Montpelier,  N.  C. 
McPherson,  Jaracs  P.,  Montpelier,  N".  C. 
McQueen,  Archibald,  (^ueensdale,  N.  C. 
McQueen,  Donald,  Sumter,  S.  C. 
McQueen,  J.-imes,  Fiyetteville,  N.  C. 
McQueen,  Martin,  Crane's  Creek,  N.  C. 
McWhorter,  William,  Bachelor's  Retreat,  S.  C, 

Naff,  Lsaac  N.,  Dublin,  Va. 

Nail,  James  H.,  Tuskegee,  Ala. 

Nail,  D.  D.,  Roberi,  'J'alladesfa,  Ala. 

Naylor,  James,  Middleton,  Miss. 

Neil,  J.  W.,  Mol)ilc,  Ala. 

Neill,  Thomas  B.,  Pair\'iew,  S.  C. 

Neil,  William,  Gallatin,  Miss. 

Newm.m,  Charles  C,  Talladega,  Ala. 

Newton,  Henry,  Jetterson,  (.ra. 

Niven,  T.  M. 

Nourse,  Charles  H.,  Leesburg,  Va. 

Ogden,  Thomas  A.,  Natchez,  Miss. 
Orr,  Samuel 

Osborn,  liobert,  Fairton,  N.  J. 
Oscar,  Newton,  Crystal  Springs,  Miss. 
Ostrom,  V.  (;.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Otts,  J.  M.  P.,  Greensboro',  Ala. 
Overstreet,  R.  M.,  Georgetown,  Texas. 

Paine,  llenr>'  H.,  Holly  Springs,  iriss. 
Palmer,  D.  1).,  B.  M.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Palmer,  D.  F.,  M.irlon,  Va. 
Palmer,  E.  P.,  Marietta,  Ga. 
Palmer,  Edward,  Walterboro',  S.  C. 
I'arisli,  Consider,  (Minton,  Miss. 
Park,  J.'imes,  Knoxvillc,  Tenn. 
Park,  John  S.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Parks,.  G.  D.,  Enola,  N.  <;. 
Parsons,  L.  II.,  Tallahassee,  Fla. 


Patterson,  D.  D.,  James  C,  Griffin,  Ga. 

Patterson,  M.  A.,  Mount  Holly,  Ark. 

Patton,  F.,  Oxford,  Miss. 

Paxton,  Thomas  N.,  Marion,  N.  C. 

I'ayne,  A.  G.,  Comite,  La. 

Pearson,  W.  F.,  Temple  of  Health,  S.  C. 

Peck,  Thomas  E.,  Hampden  Sichiey,  Va. 

Peden,  A.  G.,  Griffln,  Ga. 

Pedeu,  Mitchell,  New  Prospect,  Miss. 

Penick,  Daniel  A.,  Pioneer  Mills,  N.  C. 

Penick,  Jr.,  Daniel  A.,  Concord,  N.  C. 

Penick,  P.  Tinsley,  Liberty,  Va. 

Penland,  Alexander,  Redman,  Ala. 

Ferryman,  J.  M.,  Creek  Agency,  Ark. 

Peters,  B.  F.,  Favetteville,  Ala. 

Petrie,  D.  D.,  Geo.  H.  W.,  Montgomery,   Ala. 

Petrie,  G.  L.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

PhaiT,  D.  D.,  Samuel  C.  Alexandriana,  N.  C 

Pharr,  Walter  W.,  Statesville,  N.'  C. 

Pharr,  Walter  S.,  Park's  Store,  N.  C. 

Pharr,  William  W.,  Coddle  Creek,  N.  C 

Phillips,  Charies,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Phillips,  D.  D.,  James,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Phillips,  John,  Glade  Mills,  Md. 

Phillips,  J.  W.,  Marion  Miss. 

I'ickens,  A.  M.,  Centre  Point,  Tenn. 

Pickens,  John  A.,  Brownsville,  Tenn. 

Piorson,  Phillip,  New  Zion,  S.  C. 

Pinkerton,  John,  Mount  Solon,  Va. 

Pinkerton,  William,  Steel's  Tavern,  Va. 

Pitzer,  A.  "W.,  Liberty,  Va. 

Pope,  Fielding,  Maryville,  Tenn. 

Porter,  Abner  A.,  New  House,  8.  C. 

Porter,  David  H  ,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Porter,  Edward  E. 

Porter,  G.  J.,  Hendersonville,  N.  C. 

Porter,  J.  D.,  Stockton,  Ala. 

Porter,  R.  K.,  Berzelia,  Ga. 

Powers,  Urias,  Big  Lick,  Va. 

Pratt,  H.  B.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Pratt,  John  W.,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 

Pratt,  D .  D.,  N.  A.,  Roswell,  Ga. 

Preston,  Thonuis  L.,  Westview,  Va. 

Price,  Philip  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Price,  Robert,  Rodney,  Miss. 

Price,  Samuel  J.,  Yanceyville,  N.  C. 

Price,  AVilliam  T.,  McDowell,  ^'a 

Proctor,  John  O.,  Gerardstown,  "Va. 

Pryor,  D.  D.,  Theodorick,  Nottoway  C.  H.  Va. 

Pugh,  John  W.,  Warrenton,  Va. 

Purviance,  D.  D.,  James,  Natchez,  Miss. 

Quarterman,  N.  P.,  Walthourville,  Ga. 

Ramsey,  D.  D.,  James  B.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Rankiii,  Jesse,  Lenoir,  N.  C. 

Ratehlord,  W.  W. 

Raymond,  H.  R.,  Marion,  Ala. 

Read,  1).  ]).,  C.  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Reece,  R.  S.,  Lexington,  Va. 

Reid,  Alexander,  Doaksville,  C.  N. 

Reid,  J.  W.,  Philomath,  Ga. 

Reid,  R.  II.,  Reidville,  S.  C. 

Reid,  S.,  Irvine,  Hi'niando,  Miss. 

Reid,  W.  M.,  Mayesville,  S.  C. 

Rice,  James  M.,  Covington,  Va. 

Rice,  D.  D.,  John  II.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Richard.s,  J.  G.,  Liberty  Hill,  S.  C. 

Richardson,  J.  M.,  Flowers'  Place,  Miss. 

Richardson,  E.  M.,  Grenada,  Miss. 

Richardson,  G.  P.;  Grenada,  Miss. 

Ric'hardson,  William  T.,  Waynesboro',  Va. 

Ricketts,  J.  1!. 

Riddle,  William,  Sidon,  Miss. 

Riley,  J.  R.,  Laurens  C.  II.,  S.  O. 

Robinson,  John  J.,  Lexington,  Ga. 

Robinson,  .John  M.,  Jackson  Hill,  8.  C. 

Rockwell,  E.  F.,  J)a\-idson  College,  N.  C. 

Rogan,  Daniel,  Kingsport,  Tenn. 

Rogan,  F.  A.,  Brookham,  Miss. 


A.  D.  1865.]  MINISTEKS    AND   LICENTIATES. 


419 


Rogers,  .1.  L. 

Kogeiis,  O.  F.,  Verona,  Miss. 
Root,  Timothy,  OuntL-rsvilk-,  Ala. 
RoKamond,  .T.,  Fnyetteville,  Ala. 
RosL',  Henry  R.,  dap  Mills,  Va. 
Koss,  D.  D.,  F.  A.,  Huntsville,  Ala. 
Roiuiobush,  IS.  G.,  Woodville,   Mibs. 
Uoyston,  C.  A.,  Hhcatown,  Tenn. 
Rnlfner,  William  H.,  Lexington,  Va. 
Hunipk',  Jethro,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 
Russell,  (ieorge  A.,  Summerville,  N.  C. 
Russell,  K.  1).,  Nanafalia,  Ala. 
Russell,  li.  Y.,  Blairsville,  >S.  C. 
Rutherford,  E.  II.,  Enterprise,  Miss. 

Saftord,  Heni-y,  Greenesboro',  Ga. 

Salter,  I.  H.,  Monroeville,  Ala. 

Sample,  W.  A.,  Fort  Smith,  Ark. 

Sanderson,  D.  I).,  Eutaw,  Ala. 

Savage,  William  T.,  Grenada,  Miss. 

Sawtelle,  13.  N.,  Tusctimbia,  Ala. 

Sawtell,  Eli  N.,  Tyrrer's  Station,  Tenn. 

riaye,  .Tames  II.,  Lowisville,  8.  O. 

Scott,  G.  K.,  Ixiekhart,  Texas. 

Scott,  .John  A.,  Halifax  C.  H.,  Va." 

See,  Charles  S.  M.,  Fishersville,  Va. 

Sellar8,  Duncan,  Black  River  Ch.apel,  N.  C. 

Shanks,  I).  W.,  Amelia  C.  H.,  Va. 

Sharp,  J.  D.,  Alto,  Texas. 

Sharpe,  W.  W.,  Due  West,  S.  C. 

Shaw,  Colin,  Black  River  Chapel,  N.  C. 

Shearer,  .TOhn  B.,  Black  Walnut,  Va. 

Shcetz,  William  C,  Morgantown,  N.  C. 

Shepperson,  John  G.,  Otter  Bridge,  Va. 

Shepperson,  C.  M. 

Sherrill,  R.  E.,  Forest  Grove,  Miss. 

Sherwood,  John  M.,  Fayette\il!e,  N.  C. 

Shields,  H.  K.,  Lynnville,  Tenn. 

Shive,  Rufus  W.,  Pontotoc,  Miss. 

Shotwell,  Nathan,  Ruthcrfordton,  N.  C. 

Silliman,  A.  P.,  Clinton,  Ala. 

Simpson,  F.  T.,  WasliSigton,  Ga. 

Sinclair,  Alexander,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Sinclair,  -Tames,  Lumberton,  N.  C. 

Sinclair,  John  C,  F.iyetteville,  N.  C. 

SingletBry,  W.  H.,  Singletaryville,  S.  C. 

Smith,  Alexander,  Fayetteville,  Tenn. 

Smith,  A.  I\,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Smith,  K.  J.,  Au.nin,  Texas. 

Smith,  I).  D.,  B.'nj.  M.,  Hampden  Sidney,  Va. 

Smith,  Charles  R.,  Scotland,  Ark. 

Smith,  D.  F.,  .Tacksonville,  Ala. 

Smith,  H.  P.,  Rocky  Mount,  Va. 

Smith,  H.  A.,  Centreville,  Ala. 

Smith,  H.  C,  Shubuta,  Miss. 

Smith,  Henry 

Smith,  Henry  M.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Smith,  J.  Henry,  Greenesboro',  N.  C. 

Smith,  Henry  R.,  Leosburg,  Va. 

Smith,  Robert  C,  Talmage,  Ga. 

Smith,  T.  E.,  Reidville,  8.  C. 

Smith,  W.  H.,  Newport,  Tenn. 

Sraoot,  R.  K. 

Smylie,  .Tohn  A.,  Livonia,  La. 

Smyth,  D.  D.,  Thomas,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Smythe,  O.  H.  P.,  Louisville,  Miss. 

Smythe,  R.  L. 

Somerville,  -Tames,  Bridgeville,  Ala. 

SomerNlUe,  W.  C,  Columbia,  Tex.as. 

Sparrow,  D.  D.,  P.  J.,  Cahaba,  Ala. 

Sprunt,  -Tames  M.,  Kenansville,  N.  C. 

Stacy,  James,  Newnan,  Ga. 

Stanfield,  S.  A.,  Milton,  N.  C. 

Stark,  Oliver  P.,  Doaksville,  C.  N.,  Ark. 

Stedman,  D.  D..  James  O.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Sti'wart,  C  B.,  Faiiview,  S.  C. 

Stewart,  .1.  Curtis,  Murphy,  N.  C. 

Stewart,  Leander  L.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

StilcB,  D.  D.,  Joseph  C. 


Stillman,  D.  D..  C.  A.,  GainesviUe,  Ala. 

Stoddard,  William 

Stoddard,  W.  R. 

Stratton,  -Tames,  Jack.son,  La. 

Stratton,  I).  D.,  Joseph  B.,  Natchez.  Miss. 

Strother,  James  W.,  Brow-nsviUe,  Texas. 

Stuart,  Samuel  D.,  Staunton,  Va. 

Stuart,  Thomas  C,  Pontotoc,  Mise. 

Sturgeon,  .1.  C. 

Sullivan,  J.  O.,  Elkton,  Tenn. 

Sutton,  William  C,  Pee  Dec,  S.  C. 

Swift,  William,  Fort  Deposit,  Ala. 

Tadlock,  -James  D.,  Jonesboi-o',  Teun. 

Tate,  Robert,  SiU's  Creek,  N.  C. 

Taylor,  R.  F. 

Taylor,  A.  G.,  Walnut  Grove,  Ark. 

Taylor,  Robert  -T.,  Lexington,  Va. 

Tedford,  Ralf  E.,  Marvville,  Tenn. 

Telford,  WilUam  B.,  llouston,  Fla. 

Tenney,  Levi,  Solado,  Texas. 

Thomas,  Enoch,  Churchville,  Vu. 

Thomas,  -J.  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Thompson,  Philip  H.,  Mason's  Dc-pot,  Tcnu. 

Thompson,  William  H.,  Bolivar,  Tenn. 

Tliompsou,  William  S.,  New  Canton,  Va. 

Thomson,  -T.  U.,  McLeod's,  Miss, 

'i'idball,  William  B.,  Concord  Depot,  Va. 

Todd,  David  A..  Strother's  Depot,  S.  C. 

Towles,  Daniel  T.,  Teachey's,  N.  C. 

Trimble,  E.  C,  -Jaekson,  Tenn. 

Trimble,  William  W.,  Brownsbm-g,  Va. 

Turner,  D.D.,  D.  McNeill,  Abbeville  C.  H.,  S.  C. 

Vance,  D.  D.,  Andrew,  Cloyd's  Creek,  Tenn. 
Vass,  Lachlan  C,  Amher.st'C.  H.,  Va. 
Vaughan,  Clement  R.,  Cole's  Feriy,  Va. 
Vedder,  C.  8.,  Summerville,  S.  C. 
Vernon,  W.  H.,  Lewisburg,  Temi. 

Waddel,  D.  D.,  -John  N.,  Oxford,  Miss. 
Wailes,  Benjamin  M.,  Greenfield,  Va. 
Walker,  J.  A.,  McKinlcy,  Ala. 
Walker,  Robert  C,  Chul-chvillo,  Va. 
Walkup,  -T.  W.,  Spout  Spring,  Va. 
!  Walton,  R.  IL,  Broadway,  Va. 
AVallace,  .James  A.,  Fort  Gaines,  Ga. 
Wallace,  -Tohn  H.,  Clear  l?ranch,  Va. 
Wallace,  M.  J.,  Marlbrook,  Ark. 
Wallace,  -Tames,  Concrete,  Texas. 
Warden,  William,  Wardensville,  Va. 
Wardlaw,  T.  DeLacy,  Clarksville,  Teun. 
Warren,  W.  H. 

Warrener,  P.  W.,  New  Danville,  Texas. 
Watkins,  Samuel  W.,  Farmville,  Va. 
Watson,  A.  M.,  Bridgeville,  Ala. 
Watson,  -Tames,  Selma,  Ala. 
Watson,  J.  F. ,  Yorkville,  S.  C . 
Watson,  Samuel  L.,  Yorkville,  8.  C. 
Watt,  J.  S.,  Mansboro',  Va. 
Watts,  W.  B.,  Miranda,  N.  C. 
Waugh,  Joseph. 

Way,  Richard  Q.,  Riceboro',  Ga. 
Wayne,  Benjamin,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Weeks,  .Joseph,  Niitchez,  Miss. 
Wells,  Shepherd,  Columbia,  Tenn. 
Welch,  Thomas  R.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Whaley,  F.  N.,  Clarkesville,  Va. 
Wharey,  .Tames  M.,  Wytheville,  Va. 
Wharey,  Thomas,  Kej'sville,  Va. 
White,  Charles,  Berryville,  Va. 
White,  George  William,  San  Marino,  Va. 
White,  Henry  M.,  Glade  Spring,  Va. 
White,  James  E.,  Chester,  S.  C. 
White,  D.  D.,  R.  B.,  Tuscaloos.a,  Ala. 
White,  T.  W.,  McFariand's,'Va. 
White,  D.  D.,  William  S.,  Lexington,  Va. 
Wiley,  Calvin  H.,  Greensboro',  N.  C. 
Wilhelm,  W.  F.,  Blacksburg,  Va. 


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ALPHABETICAL   LIST. 


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WiUbunks,  J.  S.,  Cross  Hill,  S.  C. 
WilUams,  C.  Foster,  Ashwood,  Term. 
Williamp,  Edwin  T.,  Quincy,  Fla. 
Williams,  John  C,  Ookesbury,  S.  C. 
Williams,  William  G.,  LaGrange,  Ala. 
Williamson,  Robert  B..  Macon,  Miss. 
Williamson,  D.  D;,  S.,  Washington,  Ark. 
Wills  Dand,  Macon,  Ga. 
Wils     ,  D.  B.,  Alexander,  Melville,  X.  C. 
AVilscn,  Hugh,  Lexington,  Texas. 
Wilson,  James,  Wheelock,  Texas. 
Wilson,  James,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
AVilson,  James  M.,  RogersviUe,  Tenn. 
Wilson,  D.  D.,  John  8.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Wilson,  John  Davies,  Wilkesboro',  N.  C. 
Wilson,  D.  D.,  J.  Leighton,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
Wilson,  J.  M.,  Seguin,  Texas. 
Wilson,  D.  D.,  Joseph  R.,  Augusta,  Ga. 
Wilson,  Lewis  F.,  Hedgesville,  Va. 
Wilson,  D.  D.,  Sam'l  B.,  Hampden  Sidney,  Va. 
Wilson,  8.  B.  O.,  Mountain,  Tenn. 
Wilson,  William  V.,  LjTichburg,  Va. 
Wilson,  W.  W.,  BishopvUlo,  S.  C. 


Wimpy,  Jesse,  Marion,  Ark. 

Winford,  J.  8.,  Mason's  Depot,  Tenn. 

Winn,  T.  8.,  Havana,  Ala. 

Witherspoon,  A.   J.,  Linden,  Ala. 

Withe rspoon,  T.  D.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Witherow,  T.  8.,  HoUombc's  Rock,  Va. 

Wood,  M.  D.,  Yorkville,  8.  C. 

Wood,  WiUiam  A.,  Ashevillo,  N.  C. 

Woods,  Harvey,  Wahalak,  Miss. 

Wood  burn,  .J.  A. 

WoodhuU,  George  8.,  Point  Pleasant,  Va. 

Woodrow,  James,  Columbia,  8.  C. 

Woodruff,  John,  Quincy,  Fla. 

Woodworth,  M.  W.,  Thompson's  X  Roads,  Va. 

Wnght,  Allen,  Boggy  Depot,  C.  N. 

Wright,  A.  H.,  Liberty,  Texas. 

Tandell,  L.  P.,  Mason's  Depot,  Tenn. 
Yates,  WilUam  B.,  Charleston,  8.  C. 
Young,  A.  W.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Young,  Henry  P.,  Galveston,  Texas. 

Zivley,  John  H.,  Austin,  Texas. 


NoTB  BY  THB  STATED  Clerk.— I  havc  employed  everj-  mcfens  for  making  the  above  list  as 
nearly  complete  as  possible.  The  almost  entire  absence,  however,  of  Presbyterial  Statistical 
Reports,  has  rendered  the  existence  of  some  errors  unavoidable,  especially  in  post  office  ad- 
dresses. The  names  of  members  of  the  former  "  United  Sj7iod"  have  been  printed  in  their 
alphabetical  places,  with  their  poet  office  directions,  so  far  as  these  could  be  ascertained. 

I  take  this  occasion,  also,  to  deplore  the  late  appearance  of  the  Minutes ;  which  is  due  to 
eauees  over  which  I  had  no  control. 

J.  R.  W. 


INDEX. 


:o:- 


ASSEMBLY  met,  347  ;  liours  for  se  s'ons,  349,  35fi,  357  ;  pL^ce  and  trnvj  of , 
next,  369 ;  dissolved,  375. 

BAPTISM,  report  of  committee  on  overtures  concfrning,  363. 

BENEFICIARY  EDUCATION,  report  of  committee  on  off  red,  362;  report 
re-comni'tted  and  committee  continiieil,  364. 

BILLS  AND  OVERTURES,  addition  to  committee  on,  358. 

CHARTER,  report  on,  364. 

COLORED  PEOPLE,  report  of  comnoittee  on  overtures  concerning  proper 
treatirent  of,  370;  committee  appointed,  Ic  report  to  next  Assembly 
touching  religious  instruction  of,  871 ;  tliis  committee  addeil  to,  373. 

COMMISSIONERS  ENROLLED,  347  ;  additio  al,  351,  356,  358,  360. 

DABNEY,  Rev.  Dr.  R.  L.,  letter  from  returning  certain  papers,  &c.,  350. 

DOMESTIC  MISSIONS,  report  of  Executive  Committee  of,  354.  389; 
treasurer's  report,  394  ;  report  of  Standing  Committe  on,  369 ;  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  nominated.  364  ;  elected,  373. 

DOREMUS.  Rev.  J.  E.  C,  Letter  frc  m  referred,  360. 

EDUCATION,  report  of  Executive  Committee  of,  354,  403 ;  treasurer's 
statement  404  ;  report  of  Standing  Crmmiitee  on,  366  ;  Executive 
Comndttee  nominated,  364  ;  elected,  372. 

ELECTIONS,  Committee  on,  349  ;  reports  of  Committee,  351,  358. 

EXAMINATION  of  MINISTERS,  overtures  to  alter  rules  for,  refused,  359. 

FINANCE,  report  of  Standing  Committee  of,  357. 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS,  report  of  Executive  Commit'ee  of,  354,  395  ;  treas- 
urer's reporf,  399  ;  Standing  Committee  on  added  to,  362  and  report 
of,  371  ;  Executive  Committee  nominated,  364  ;  eleited,  373. 

HUBER,  James  H.,  letter  from  introducing  Rev.  R.  Morrison,  353. 

LEAVE  of  ABSENCE,  report  (  f  Stimding  Committee  on,  369. 

KENIUCKY^  BOARD  OF  AID  FOR  SOUTHERN  PASTORS,  falutatory 
letter  from,  355  ;  Hetter  tefirred  to  Standing  Committee  on  Domestic 
Missions,  356  ;  tlianks  to  for  generous  sympathy,  870 ;  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  Domestic  Missions  appointed  agt  nt  for  disbursing  funds  re- 
ceived from,  370. 

LEYBURN,  Rev.  Dr.  John,  thanks  of  Assembly  tendered  to,  374. 

LICENTIATES,  overture  on  ordination  of  under  certain  circumstances  an- 
swered, 362, 

MINISTERS  &  LICENTI ATES,  alphabetical  list  of,  414. 

MORRISON,  Rev.  R.,  addressee  A«s-emb!y  in  beha'f  of  Kentucky  Board  of 
A'd  for  Southern  P^iptors,  355  ;  thanks  to,  356.  v 

NAME  OF  THE  CHURCR.  mode  of  selecting,  358  ;  selection  of,  357. 

NARRATIVE  OP  RELIGION,  376. 

NASHVILLE,  meeting  of  ~!ynod  of  appointed,  358. 

NORTHERN  GENER.lL  ASSEMBLY,  agentt-  and  ministers  of,  how  to  be 
rece  ved,  359 

OFFICERS,  elected,  349. 

OVERTURES' requesting  change  of  certain  boundary  line?,  360. 


4'J-2  INDEX. 

PASTORAL  LETTER,  committee  apjjointed  to  prepare,  352  ;  report  of  com- 
^  mittce,  371  ;  disposition  to   be  made  of,   371;  letter,  882;  Dr.   ''"j 

pr'i'Pt  to  poition  of,  371. 
P?:Ri5,«ANENT  CLERK,  Dr.  Brown  elected,  352. 
POPULAR  AMUSEMENTS,  report-adopted  concerning,  361. 
PRPSB\  TERY  OF  CENTRAL  MISSISSIPPI,  overture  from  and   action 

on,  3r)8. 
PIBLICA.TION,  report  of  Executive  Committee  of,    3.54,  400  ;  treasurer's 

statement,  403;  report  of  Standino:   Committee  en,   373;   Executive 

Committee  nominated,  364:  elected.  372. 
REVISION  ol  FORM  of  GOVERNMENT,  &c.,   Ict'er   from   chairman    of 

Committee  on,  349. 
TiULTNG  ELDERS,  non-resid.  nee  of  disallowed,  368. 
STANDING  COMMIT  I'EES  appointed,  351. 

STATED  CLERK,  resignation  of  Dr.  Waddel,  349  ;  Dr.  Wilson  elected,  352. 
SUSTENTA'ITON  FUND,  comn  issioners  appointed  to  aid  Executive   Com- 
mit" ee  of  Domestic  Missions  in  superintending,   370;  collections   lor 

required,  370. 
SYNODICAL  RECORDS,  Committees  on.  352  ;  report?  on,  359,  360. 
SYNOD  OF  -OU  I'll  CAIiOLlNA,  overture  from  and  action  on,  358.'  ?r.9 
SYSTEMATIC  BENEVOLENCE,  report  of  Standing  Committee  on,  368. 
THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  at  Columbia,  letter  Irom  chairman  of  BoB^d 

of  Dinctors,  404  ;  report  of  faculty  of,  405;  treasurer's   report,    40^  ; 

re-olution?  concerning  endowment  of  Professorships  in,  373;  election 

of  Director?,  373. 

Union  ''Jlieological  Sen;inary,  report  of,  411. 

Repoit  of  Standing  Committee.  364. 
TRUSTEES  OF  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY,  statement  of  proceeding**  of,  S-'^O. 
VOLUNTARY  SOCIEI'IE  ',  Committee  to  report  on  cont  nucd,  375. 
WADDEL.  Rev.  Dr.  John  N.,  thanks  to,  349. 
YOUTH,  day  of  prayer  appointed  for,  368. 


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